Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via Log File
Priority LOW 39CWE-532Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-532.
Summary
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7 through publicly exposed log files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information contained in the exposed log files.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.13282 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9985
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-456r-h9vm-xcmj
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/991d63da-ca6c-400e-beb7-b44cf629abc9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/log.php?rev=3344903
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&new=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file6
More marceljm vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-06741 Cross-site scripting in marceljm Featured Image from URL CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-09213 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2025-09212 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2025-09164 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Password Protected Post Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-12244 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via 'fifu_input_url' CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-9985 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9985 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-456r-h9vm-xcmj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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