CVE-2023-6561
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the featured image alt text in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the featured image alt text in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- fifu/featured image from url
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/category.php#L62Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/meta-box.php#L213Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3009699%40featured-image-from-url%2Ftrunk&old=3003342%40featured-image-from-url%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4d5ae93-000e-4001-adfa-c11058032469?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/category.php#L62Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/meta-box.php#L213Patch
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3009699%40featured-image-from-url%2Ftrunk&old=3003342%40featured-image-from-url%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d4d5ae93-000e-4001-adfa-c11058032469?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.