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Quick Featured Images vulnerabilities
Quick Featured Images has 3 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 8 Nov 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 3
- Active installs
- 50,000+
- Latest version
- 13.7.5
- Last updated
- 18 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 8 Nov 2025
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQL injection CVE-2025-11980 | Medium 4.9 | Up to 13.7.3 | Fixed in a later version (latest 13.7.5) | 8 Nov 2025 |
| Broken access control CVE-2025-11176 | Medium 4.3 | Up to 13.7.2 | Fixed in a later version (latest 13.7.5) | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Broken access control CVE-2024-3664 | Medium 4.3 | Up to 13.7.0 | Fixed in a later version (latest 13.7.5) | 23 Apr 2024 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2025-11980, 8 Nov 2025
- The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'delete_orphaned' function in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database, granted they can convince an author-level user or higher to add a malicious custom field value. CVE record
- CVE-2025-11176, 15 Oct 2025
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2024-3664, 23 Apr 2024
- The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the set_thumbnail and delete_thumbnail functions in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to delete thumbnails and add thumbnails to posts they did not author. CVE record
What to do if you run Quick Featured Images
If you run Quick Featured Images, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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