# CVE-2024-0869: Instant Images <= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Options Update

> Authenticated authors can update arbitrary WordPress options due to missing authorization checks in the Instant Images plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 5 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7cgq-w654-fmv8

## What is CVE-2024-0869?

CVE-2024-0869 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Instant Images – One Click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay and Pexels plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary options update due to an insufficient check that neglects to verify whether the updated option belongs to the plugin on the instant-images/license REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This makes it possible for authors and higher to update arbitrary options. CVE-2024-33569 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Connekthq Instant Images - One Click Unsplash Uploads.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy

- [CVE-2021-24334](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24334/): Instant Images WordPress Plugin < 4.4.0.1 - Authenticated Stored XSS & XFS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0869 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy, published on 5 Feb 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-2024-0869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy. 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-2024-0869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0869

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0869/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.