CVE-2025-11176 Quick Featured Images <= 13.7.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Image Manipulation
Authenticated attackers with Author access can modify or delete featured images of other users' posts due to missing authorization checks.
- 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-2025-11176?
CVE-2025-11176 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in kybernetikservices Quick Featured Images, published on 15 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.2 via the qfi_set_thumbnail and qfi_delete_thumbnail AJAX actions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to change or remove featured images of other user's posts.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11176?
How do I fix CVE-2025-11176?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11176 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-11176 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11176 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xrg-c3gp-j55v.