Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 4.1.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7 via the upload_to_library AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| themeisle | Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) | up to 4.1.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) Vendorthemeisle Affected up to 4.1.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:creative_motion:auto_featured_image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:creative_motion:auto_featured_image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-7073
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c8qj-jvph-xj8w
References
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- TI-2022-04265 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy < 4.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2023-7073 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-7073 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c8qj-jvph-xj8w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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