Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-27759Featured Image from Content < 1.7 Authenticated SSRF via save_post

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity server-side request forgery in Featured Image from Content from Dhrumil Kumbhani. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Featured Image from Content (featured-image-from-content) WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7 contain an authenticated server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows Author-level users to fetch internal HTTP resources. Attackers can exploit insecure URL fetching and file write operations to retrieve sensitive internal data and store it in web-accessible upload directories.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Dhrumil Kumbhani	Featured Image from Content	0 – before 1.7

Weakness: CWE-918 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-from-content/ product, patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/featured-image-from-content-authenticated-ssrf-via-save-post third-party-advisory