Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 3.9.15 — Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2023-0477Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.9.15Update to 3.9.16 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.2
- CVSS
- 7.2CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-434 Arbitrary File Upload
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) auto-post-thumbnail
- Affected≤ 3.9.15
- Patched in3.9.16
Update to 3.9.16 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.9.15. Version 3.9.16 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail).
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 3.9.16, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to dc11.
The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload due to insufficient file type validation in versions up to, and including, 3.9.15. This allows authenticated users with author-level permissions to upload arbitrary files from remote sources onto the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery ≤5.0.4Update to 5.0.5 | CVE-2026-61970 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Thumbnail Modification ≤4.2.1Update to 4.2.2 | CVE-2025-13794 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3 | CVE-2024-38719 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery ≤4.1.7Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2023-7073 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery ≤4.1.3Update to 4.1.4 | CVE-2024-33629 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery
≤5.0.4Update to 5.0.5
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Thumbnail Modification
≤4.2.1Update to 4.2.2
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery
≤4.1.7Update to 4.2.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery
≤4.1.3Update to 4.1.4
Same weakness (Arbitrary File Upload)
All Arbitrary File Upload| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
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- Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System
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- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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