# CVE-2023-2764: Draw Attention <= 2.0.11 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Featured Image Modification

> Authenticated subscribers can modify featured images of arbitrary posts due to missing capability checks in the Draw Attention plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3fg5-5c4g-27vr

## What is CVE-2023-2764?

CVE-2023-2764 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in croixhaug Interactive Image Map Plugin – Draw Attention, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Draw Attention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_set_featured_image function in versions up to, and including, 2.0.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change the featured image of arbitrary posts with an image that exists in the media library.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2764?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nsqua Draw Attention.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2764?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2764 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2764 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2764 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2764 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2764 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in croixhaug Interactive Image Map Plugin – Draw Attention, published on 9 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2764 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: croixhaug Interactive Image Map Plugin – Draw Attention. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2764/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2764/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2764
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2764
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2764

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2764/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.