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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-24535 is a medium-severity access-control flaw in the WordPress Automatic Featured Images from Videos plugin through version 1.2.7. A logged-in user could perform an action they should not be authorized to perform, causing limited integrity impact. No public source provided here confirms active exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize for normal vulnerability management cycles unless the site allows broad user registration or many low-trust contributors. The business risk is unauthorized content or setting changes, not data theft or outage based on the supplied CVSS impacts.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-862 Missing Authorization in webdevstudios Automatic Featured Images from Videos, package automatic-featured-images-from-videos. CVSS 3.1 is 4.3: network exploitable, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, integrity low, no confidentiality or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with the Automatic Featured Images from Videos plugin installed at version 1.2.7 or earlier. Exploitation requires an authenticated low-privilege account, reducing internet-scale risk but increasing concern for sites with open registration, many contributors, or weak account governance.
Exploitation context
The provided sources describe the vulnerability class and affected version range but do not provide exploit details. CISA KEV is false in the bundle, and no cited source confirms active exploitation. Treat this as a validation and patch-tracking issue rather than an emergency exploitation event.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE metadata and Patchstack database reference. The source bundle does not name a fixed version, affected capability, endpoint, or workaround. Avoid assuming exploitation paths. Validate exposure by plugin presence, version, and authenticated-user population.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the automatic-featured-images-from-videos plugin.
- Check vendor, WordPress, or Patchstack guidance for a fixed version or official workaround.
- Remove or disable the plugin if it is not business-critical.
- Limit WordPress user accounts to the minimum roles required.
- Review untrusted or inactive WordPress accounts on affected sites.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether the plugin is installed on each WordPress site.
- Record the installed plugin version and compare it to <= 1.2.7.
- Review user registration and contributor access on affected sites.
- Monitor vendor and Patchstack pages for remediation status.
- Check logs for unexpected plugin-related changes by low-privilege users.
Public sources used
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CWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N2.81.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
4.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CWE details
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Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.