Quick Featured Images <= 13.7.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection via delete_orphaned
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'delete_orphaned' function in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database, granted they can convince an author-level user or higher to add a malicious custom field value.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kybernetikservices | Quick Featured Images | up to 13.7.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Quick Featured Images Vendorkybernetikservices Affected up to 13.7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11980
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rq3c-qcg6-jg99
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/590720a3-1881-4a5d-b004-ad92d386afe6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-featured-images/tags/13.7.3/admin/class-Quick_Featured_Images_Tools.php#L817
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-featured-images/tags/13.7.3/admin/class-Quick_Featured_Images_Tools.php#L785
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3388701%40quick-featured-images&new=3388701%40quick-featured-images&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More kybernetikservices vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-10241 Quick Featured Images <= 13.7.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Image Manipulation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2024-03418 Missing authorization in kybernetikservices Quick Featured Images CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-11980 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11980 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rq3c-qcg6-jg99 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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