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CVE-2025-9984: Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Password Protected Post Disclosure

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2025-09-26 · updated 2026-10-11
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the fifu_api_debug_posts() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read private/password protected posts.

Affected products

• marceljm Featured Image from URL (FIFU): through 5.2.7

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/debug.php?rev=3348285
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&new=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9423858b-74be-4b34-961d-97765d8edcbf?source=cve

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