CVE-2026-61970

Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 5.0.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery

2026-07-31 00:00
Ananda Dhakal

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.0.5
Affected Plugin
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)
Affected Version
<= 5.0.4
CVSS
6.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE
CVE-2026-61970
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At a glance

CVE-2026-61970 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.0.4. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 5.0.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2026, reported by Ananda Dhakal.

Vulnerability Overview

The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application which can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Reaching this weakness in Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 5.0.4 takes an account at Contributor level or above. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) the fix is 5.0.5: builds <= 5.0.4 are affected, anything from 5.0.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.0.5, or a newer patched version

How WordSec helps

An attacker needs Contributor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 5.0.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61970https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f06b745-8968-41cb-96b0-ff0f42af114dhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61970

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