Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessHost malicious CSRF page
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DeliveryLure logged-in admin to visit
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ExploitCrafted URL disables REST nonce check
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ExecutionForged REST API call runs as admin
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PersistCreate rogue administrator account
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ImpactFull site takeover
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a vulnerable version installed (Featured Image from URL before 6.0.8, or FIFU Premium before 8.2.8) and a logged-in administrator who can be induced to visit an attacker-controlled page while their WordPress session is active (UI:R). The attacker needs no account on the target (PR:N). The core technical precondition is the plugin's own flaw: supplying the specific crafted URL form that causes the REST API nonce check to be skipped for the whole request - this is the enabling condition, not an operator misconfiguration. Limiting factors: the admin must be authenticated and must interact (click/visit), so the attack is social-engineering-dependent rather than fully automated, and it is neutralized by applying the vendor patch. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely high-priority flaw for any site running the affected plugin. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H = 8.8) is consistent with the description: a nonce-enforcement defect lets a crafted URL disable the REST API nonce check for an entire request, converting authenticated REST endpoints into CSRF-exploitable actions. The attacker themselves needs no credentials (PR:N), but the attack is gated on social engineering a logged-in administrator into visiting an attacker-controlled page (UI:R), which is why this is not a fully automatable mass-exploitation primitive. The full C:H/I:H/A:H impact is justified because the proof scenario - forcing creation of a new administrator account - yields complete site takeover. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so there is no evidence of active exploitation; the signal here is a credible vendor-grade report (WPScan) plus an available patch, not observed in-the-wild abuse. Net: treat as a real, patch-now issue because of the takeover impact and low complexity, while recognizing the UI:R requirement makes it opportunistic/targeted rather than wormable. No conflicting signals were found between the CVSS vector and the description. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious web page containing an auto-submitting request to the WordPress REST API with the special URL form that disables the plugin's nonce validation, then lures a logged-in administrator to visit it (e.g., via a phishing link). The forged request executes under the admin's session and creates a new attacker-controlled administrator account, granting full site control. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, though the mechanism is clearly described by the reporting vendor. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in the Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 6.0.8 and the FIFU Premium plugin before 8.2.8 allows an unauthenticated attacker to make a logged-in administrator's browser execute arbitrary WordPress REST API actions, including creating a brand-new administrator account. The defect is in the plugin's REST API nonce enforcement: supplying a specially crafted URL causes the nonce check to be bypassed for the whole request, so with the victim's admin session active the REST call is accepted without a valid nonce. Per the assessed vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, 8.8) the attacker needs no account on the target, but the administrator must be induced to visit an attacker-controlled page, making the attack social-engineering dependent; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and vendor patches are available.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor patch: upgrade the free Featured Image from URL plugin to 6.0.8 or later and the FIFU Premium plugin to 8.2.8 or later (vendor advisory: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ac761c-5736-4bd3-a3c1-892e703f5da6/); patch status is 'Vendor-released patch: 6.0.8 (free) / 8.2.8 (Premium)'. If updates cannot be deployed immediately, deactivate the plugin outright - this fully removes the vulnerable REST nonce handling, at the cost of losing the external featured-image functionality that may be embedded in existing posts. A less complete compensating control is to block or restrict access to the WordPress REST API paths (for example /wp-json/ and index.php?rest_route=) at the WAF, reverse proxy, or by IP allow-listing; the trade-off is that this breaks legitimate REST-based integrations such as the block editor, WooCommerce, and mobile apps. Because exploitation depends on a logged-in administrator visiting an attacker-controlled page, operational hardening helps: require administrators to use a dedicated browser profile for site administration, avoid browsing untrusted sites while authenticated, log out of wp-admin when not in use, minimize the number of administrator accounts, and monitor the users/roles audit trail for unexpected administrator creation as a detection measure rather than a preventive fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) combined with faulty authentication-control logic in a WordPress plugin. WordPress protects its REST API with a nonce (the wp_rest nonce) that is attached to authenticated requests; a request without a valid nonce cannot perform privileged actions on behalf of the logged-in user. FIFU's implementation of this nonce check (invoked through the plugin's REST handling) is written such that when a crafted URL is used, the verification is disabled for the entire request rather than just the intended code path, effectively neutralizing CSRF protection for every registered REST route. Because the check is global to the request, the impact is not limited to the plugin's own endpoints: any core or plugin REST route that trusts the nonce for authorization becomes reachable, which is why the worst-case outcome includes privileged state changes such as user creation. The affected code exists in both the free distribution (versions before 6.0.8) and the commercial Premium distribution (versions 6.8.0 through 8.2.8), consistent with shared code across the two editions. Notably, the CVSS vector rates privileges required as PR:N and user interaction as UI:R, reflecting that the attacker is unauthenticated while the victim is a logged-in administrator whose browser carries the session cookies - the crafted URL is the enabling condition, not an operator misconfiguration.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote CSRF with no attacker privileges (PR:N) but required admin interaction (UI:R); forging admin-account creation yields full C/I/A takeover, scope unchanged within WordPress.
Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).
CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 6.0.8, Featured Image from URL (FIFU) Premium WordPress plugin before 8.2.8 do not correctly enforce the REST API nonce, disabling the check for the whole request when a crafted URL is used, which could allow attackers to make a logged-in administrator perform any REST API action, such as creating a new administrator account, via a CSRF attack.
Executive ViewAI
Any organization running the WordPress plugin Featured Image from URL (FIFU) below version 6.0.8, or FIFU Premium below 8.2.8, is exposed to a flaw that lets an attacker with no account on the site turn a logged-in administrator into the instrument of their own compromise. In practical terms, a single convincing link opened by an admin can lead to the creation of rogue administrator accounts and full takeover of the website, putting site content, customer-facing services, and any data handled by that WordPress instance at risk. Because the attack is unauthenticated on the attacker's side, leadership should treat exposure as a website integrity and brand-trust issue rather than a narrow technical defect.
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EUVD-2026-90506
GHSA-82w4-rrj7-r5qj
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