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CVE-2024-1994: Image Watermark <= 1.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Watermark Modification

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Image Watermark plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the watermark_action_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to apply and remove watermarks from images.

Affected products

• dfactory Image Watermark: through 1.7.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3064501%40image-watermark&new=3064501%40image-watermark&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31a66e30-972b-4a7b-9d47-ad7abd574e36?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3064501%40image-watermark&new=3064501%40image-watermark&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31a66e30-972b-4a7b-9d47-ad7abd574e36?source=cve

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