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CVE-2023-7073 (GCVE-0-2023-7073)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-31 14:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:27

Title

Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 4.1.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery

Summary

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.

Severity

6.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-05-31 16:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-p…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
themeisle	Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.1.7 (semver)	guessed
creative_motion	auto_featured_image	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.0.0 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:creative_motion:auto_featured_image::::::::

Credits

Nex Team

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FKIE_CVE-2023-7073

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-31 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:52

Severity

6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@wordfence.com	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-post-thumbnail/tags/3.9.18/includes/class-apt.php#L947
	security@wordfence.com	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc024183-0244-4ef9-9171-057ecd1c3e1d?source=cve
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-post-thumbnail/tags/3.9.18/includes/class-apt.php#L947
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc024183-0244-4ef9-9171-057ecd1c3e1d?source=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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      "type": "Secondary"
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}

GHSA-C8QJ-JVPH-XJ8W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-31 15:30 – Updated: 2024-05-31 15:30

Details

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.

Severity

6.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-05-31T15:15:09Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-c8qj-jvph-xj8w",
  "modified": "2024-05-31T15:30:37Z",
  "published": "2024-05-31T15:30:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7073"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-post-thumbnail/tags/3.9.18/includes/class-apt.php#L947"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dc024183-0244-4ef9-9171-057ecd1c3e1d?source=cve"
    }
  ],
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GSD-2023-7073

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-22 06:01

Details

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Aliases

CVE-2023-7073

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