Featured Image Generator <= 1.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Images Upload

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-5677
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published July 9, 2024
Last Updated July 10, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

The Featured Image Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized image upload due to a missing capability check on the fig_save_after_generate_image function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary images to a post-related gallery.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug featured-image-generator (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.1
Patched Version
  • 1.3.3
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