Vulnerability · Published Oct 15, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-11176Quick Featured Images <= 13.7.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Image Manipulation
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in Quick Featured Images from kybernetikservices. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.2 via the qfi_set_thumbnail and qfi_delete_thumbnail AJAX actions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to change or remove featured images of other user's posts.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kybernetikservices | Quick Featured Images | 0 – through 13.7.2 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f9a1cfc-5e52-40da-bb9d-8f2b46d37c8c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-featured-images/tags/13.7.2/admin/class-Quick_Featured_Images_Columns.php#L506
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3376996%40quick-featured-images%2Ftrunk&old=3271680%40quick-featured-images%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=