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CVE-2024-0869: Instant Images <= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Options Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Instant Images – One Click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay and Pexels plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary options update due to an insufficient check that neglects to verify whether the updated option belongs to the plugin on the instant-images/license REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This makes it possible for authors and higher to update arbitrary options. CVE-2024-33569 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Affected products

• connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy: through 6.1.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instant-images/tags/6.1.0/api/license.php#L91
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3027110/instant-images/tags/6.1.1/api/license.php
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/instant-images/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17941fbb-c5da-4f5c-a617-3792eb4ef395?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instant-images/tags/6.1.0/api/license.php#L91
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3027110/instant-images/tags/6.1.1/api/license.php
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/instant-images/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17941fbb-c5da-4f5c-a617-3792eb4ef395?source=cve

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