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CVE-2022-2278

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 1, 2022
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected WordPress components

  • Featured Image from URL (FIFU) Plugin · featured-image-from-url
    Confirmed match Active
    From 4.0.1 (including) to 4.0.1 (excluding)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Featured Image from URL (FIFU) — From 4.0.1 (including) to 4.0.1 (excluding)
  • fifu featured_image_from_url — Before 4.0.1

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4481731d-4dbf-4bfa-b4cc-64f10bb7e7bf Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record