Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 26, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-9984

Description

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the fifu_api_debug_posts() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read private/password protected posts.

Affected products

WordPress/Featured Image From URLinferred
Range: <=5.2.7
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-from-url

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/debug.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9423858b-74be-4b34-961d-97765d8edcbfnvd

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