CVE-2022-2241: Featured Image from URL < 4.0.0 - Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-08-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-116

Description

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack. Furthermore, due to the lack of validation, sanitisation and escaping in some of them, it could also lead to Stored XSS issues

Affected products

marceljm Featured Image from URL (FIFU): before 4.0.0 — fixed in 4.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: marceljm Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 4.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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