CVE-2024-38719

Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) <= 4.1.2 - Missing Authorization

mediumMissing Authorization

4.3

CVSS Score

4.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

4.1.3

Patched in

442d

Time to patch

Description

The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=4.1.2

PublishedJuly 11, 2024

Last updatedSeptember 25, 2025

Affected pluginauto-post-thumbnail

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aecf61bc-4d89-41ba-b99f-669193be64d1?source=api-prod

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