WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-27759 Deferred

Featured Image From Content: Server-side request forgery

Featured Image From Content is affected by server-side request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS 4.0 · disclosure@vulncheck.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Featured Image From Content
Plugin slug
featured-image-from-content
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 27, 2026
Weakness
CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

This CVE was published Feb 27, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Featured Image From Content to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

Featured Image from Content (featured-image-from-content) WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7 contain an authenticated server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows Author-level users to fetch internal HTTP resources. Attackers can exploit insecure URL fetching and file write operations to retrieve sensitive internal data and store it in web-accessible upload directories.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Primary and upstream sources