# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/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:** 31 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** CVE-2025-10145, GHSA-c8qj-jvph-xj8w

## 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 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2023-7073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7073 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themeisle Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail). 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-2023-7073/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7073/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7073
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7073
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7073

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7073/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.