CVE-2025-4431 Featured Image Plus <= 1.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Featured Image Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify featured images of any post due to missing capability checks in the Featured Image Plus WordPress plugin.
- 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-2025-4431?
CVE-2025-4431 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in krasenslavov Featured Image Plus – Bulk Edit Featured Images, Unsplash & Alt Text Manager, published on 30 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Featured Image Plus – Quick & Bulk Edit with Unsplash plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fip_save_attach_featured function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update featured image of any post.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4431?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Krasenslavov Featured Image Plus.
How do I fix CVE-2025-4431?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4431 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-2025-4431 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4431 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v9mc-4jxq-vw83.