CVE-2023-0477 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) WordPress plugin before 3.9.16 includes an AJAX endpoint that allows any user with at least Author privileges to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP files. This is caused by incorrect file extension validation.

Published: 2023-03-13

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.9.16

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cm-wp:auto_featured_image:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12529	The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) WordPress plugin before 3.9.16 includes an AJAX endpoint that allows any user with at least Author privileges to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP files. This is caused by incorrect file extension validation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00874.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5ef74a2-e04a-4a14-bd0e-d6910cd1c4b4

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Cm-wp Auto Featured Image

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-03-13T16:03:28.116Z

Updated: 2025-02-27T20:19:02.028Z

Reserved: 2023-01-24T17:51:16.007Z

Link: CVE-2023-0477

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.447Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-13T17:15:12.480

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:37:15.560

Link: CVE-2023-0477

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-434

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