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
- CVE-2025-11980 · Medium
- 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
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 0 ≤13.7.2
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
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.
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
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