The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7 via the upload_to_library AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2023-59260 | The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 via the upload_to_library AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. |
Fixes
Solution
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History
Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000
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| Description | The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 via the upload_to_library AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. | The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7 via the upload_to_library AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services. |
| Title | Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 4.0.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery | Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 4.1.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery |
| Weaknesses | CWE-918 |
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-08T17:27:42.892Z
Reserved: 2023-12-21T23:07:02.421Z
Link: CVE-2023-7073
Updated: 2024-05-31T16:32:06.810Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2024-05-31T15:15:09.190
Modified: 2026-04-08T19:19:07.013
Link: CVE-2023-7073
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Weaknesses
EUVD