CVE-2025-10037

Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection

Published Sep 26, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the get_posts_with_internal_featured_image() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Analysis

Technical impact

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability in its get_posts_with_internal_featured_image() function. The code does not properly escape user supplied parameters and does not prepare the SQL query, allowing an authenticated attacker with Administrator-level access to inject additional SQL statements. This can lead to extraction of sensitive database contents such as user credentials, configuration data, or other confidential information. The weakness is a classic SQL Injection flaw, classified as CWE‑89.

Affected Systems

The flaw affects the marceljm:Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin in all releases up to and including version 5.2.7. WordPress sites that have installed this plugin and have users with Administrator or higher roles are impacted.

Risk and Exploitability

According to the CVSS score of 4.9, the technical severity is moderate, and the EPSS score of less than 1% indicates a low likelihood of widespread exploitation at present. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Exploitation requires that an attacker has legitimate administrator credentials; the attack vector is therefore authenticated. If such access is available, the attacker can inject arbitrary SQL to read or exfiltrate data from the WordPress database.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

marceljm

Featured Image from URL (FIFU)

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 5.2.7

No data.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Fifu	Featured Image From Url	—
Wordpress	Wordpress	—

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

Update the Featured Image from URL plugin to the latest version (5.2.8 or later) once it becomes available, or apply the vendor’s official patch if released.
Restrict the plugin’s usage to trusted administrators only by reviewing user roles and removing unnecessary administrator accounts; consider disabling plugin features for non-privileged users.
Sanitize all data passed to the get_posts_with_internal_featured_image() function by escaping and using parameterized queries; test for residual SQL injection points in any custom code that interacts with the plugin.
As a temporary workaround, disable the plugin or the vulnerable function until a patch is applied to prevent injection attempts.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 22, 2026 at 13:19 UTC.

Tracking

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2025-31214	The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the get_posts_with_internal_featured_image() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.328% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/db.php?rev=3348285
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&new=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/54c1b0e9-6fab-4452-b232-953e671f4d8d?source=cve

History

Nov 24, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`	ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sep 26, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sep 26, 2025 11:45 AM First appearance in the feed. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Fifu Fifu featured Image From Url Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Fifu Fifu featured Image From Url Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Sep 26, 2025 4:45 AM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the get_posts_with_internal_featured_image() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Title		Featured Image from URL (FIFU) <= 5.2.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
Weaknesses		CWE-89
References		https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-url/trunk/admin/db.php?rev=3348285 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&new=3362830%40featured-image-from-url&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/54c1b0e9-6fab-4452-b232-953e671f4d8d?source=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`