CVE-2025-24642 WordPress Setup Default Featured Image plugin <= 1.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass access controls in the Setup Default Featured Image plugin to perform unauthorized actions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-24642?

CVE-2025-24642 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in theme funda Setup Default Featured Image, published on 3 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in theme funda Setup Default Featured Image setup-default-feature-image allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Setup Default Featured Image: from n/a through <= 1.2.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24642?

How do I fix CVE-2025-24642?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24642 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-2025-24642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-82ch-63xf-6pr3.

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