Featured Image Generator <= 1.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Images Upload
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.3.3
- Affected Plugin
- Featured Image Generator
- Affected Version
<= 1.3.1- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-5677
At a glance
CVE-2024-5677 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Featured Image Generator WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3.1. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.
Vulnerability Overview
The Featured Image Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized image upload due to a missing capability check on the fig_save_after_generate_image function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload arbitrary images to a post-related gallery.
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-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Featured Image Generator <= 1.3.1 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Featured Image Generator the fix is 1.3.3: builds <= 1.3.1 are affected, anything from 1.3.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.3.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Featured Image Generator 1.3.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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