Featured Image Plus – Quick & Bulk Edit with Unsplash: A security weakness
Featured Image Plus – Quick & Bulk Edit with Unsplash is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Featured Image Plus – Quick & Bulk Edit with Unsplash
- Plugin slug
featured-image-plus- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 30, 2025
This CVE was published May 30, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Featured Image Plus – Quick & Bulk Edit with Unsplash 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
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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N