CVE-2025-9984CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2025-9984

Medium · published September 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00294 · 20.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2025-09-26T09:15Z
References (3)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/debug.php?rev=3348285 · [email protected]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= · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9423858b-74be-4b34-961d-97765d8edcbf?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 SEP 04:25Z
    Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Password Protected Post Disclosure
    cvelistv5