Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-11176

The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.2 via the qfi_set_thumbnail and qfi_dele

Published Oct 15, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Quick Featured Images

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11176. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Quick Featured Images is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor kybernetikservices Quick Featured Images 0 ≤13.7.2

The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.2 via the qfi_set_thumbnail and qfi_delete_thumbnail AJAX actions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to change or remove featured images of other user's posts.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor kybernetikservices Quick Featured Images 0 ≤13.7.20 ≤13.7.2

How to fix CVE-2025-11176

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-11176. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Quick Featured Images is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with kybernetikservices Quick Featured Images 0 ≤13.7.2 0 ≤13.7.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.2 via the qfi_set_thumbnail and qfi_delete_thumbnail AJAX actions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to change or remove featured images of other user's po

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.2 via the qfi_set_thumbnail and qfi_delete_thumbnail AJAX actions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to change or remove featured images of other user's po

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-11176

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-11176

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-34513

    The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.2 via the qfi_set_thumbnail and qfi_delete_thumbnail AJAX actions due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • EUVDOct 24, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026