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WordPress Featured Image from URL plugin <= 6.1.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Affects WordPress Featured Image from URL plugin version 6.1.4 and earlier. Fixed in 6.1.5.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

7.1HighCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 6.1.5
Who is exposed
Specific setups only

Do first: Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs. WordPress Featured Image from URL plugin version 6.1.4 or earlier

Published
Last modified
19/100 · provisional
Specific setups only
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The Featured Image from URL plugin for WordPress is affected by a stored cross-site scripting flaw. Remotely, without logging in, an attacker can plant malicious script that runs in a victim's browser once that user takes an action on the page.

Read the original description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in fifu.app Featured Image from URL featured-image-from-url allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Featured Image from URL: from n/a through 6.1.4.

cve.now Index

19Pcve.now Index 19 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation0/40No signal
  • Exposure12/25Specific setups only, reachable over the network without a login
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity7.1/10CVSS 7.1
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 69 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 64 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active

What to do

  • Check whether your setup matches what the bug needs.

    WordPress Featured Image from URL plugin version 6.1.4 or earlier
  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 6.1.5.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • featured-image-from-url

    through 6.1.4

Evidence 1

  1. Link

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-123476

Is CVE-2026-123476 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

What does this mean?

The flaw lets malicious scripts be injected into the site, which can steal visitor data or hijack accounts.Source: patchstack.com, cve.org

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123476?

featured-image-from-url: through 6.1.4.Source: cve.now feed data

Am I affected, and how do I check?

The vulnerability affects WordPress Featured Image from URL plugin (fifu.app) versions 6.1.4 and earlier. The installed version is shown on the Plugins screen in the WordPress admin dashboard.Source: patchstack.com, cve.org

How do I fix CVE-2026-123476?

Update the plugin to version 6.1.5 or later, the latest available version.Source: patchstack.com, cve.org