Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-14484

The Image Buzz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key modification due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3.

Published Sep 22, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · The Image Buzz plugin

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14484. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of The Image Buzz plugin is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (The Image Buzz plugin).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.23%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record

The Image Buzz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key modification due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary API keys (Pixabay, Unsplash, Pixels) configured by site administrators via the 'pixabay_api', 'unsplash_api', or 'pixels_api' parameters.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated named in the record<= 1.0.3

How to fix CVE-2025-14484

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-2025-14484. EPSS is 0.23%. Act only if a listed version of The Image Buzz plugin is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 1.0.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-862: Missing Authorization. EPSS 0.23%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Image Buzz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key modification due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary API keys (Pixabay, Unsplash, Pixels) configured by site administrators via the 'pixabay_api', 'unsplash_api', or 'pixels_api' parameters.

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Image Buzz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key modification due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary API keys (Pixabay, Unsplash, Pixels) configured by site administrators via the 'pixabay_api', 'unsplash_api', or 'pixels_api' parameters.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14484

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-14484

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14484

    The Image Buzz plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API key modification due to missing authorization checks in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary API keys (Pixabay, Unsplash, Pixels) co

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.