CVE-2023-7073 Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 4.1.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery
Authenticated attackers with author access can exploit SSRF in the Auto Featured Image plugin to query and modify internal services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-7073?
CVE-2023-7073 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in themeisle Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail), published on 31 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7 via the upload_to_library AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7073?
How do I fix CVE-2023-7073?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7073 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2023-7073 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7073 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as CVE-2025-10145, GHSA-c8qj-jvph-xj8w.