---
id: CVE-2025-11176
title: >-
  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 …
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-639
published: '2025-10-15'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T12:10:00.217'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11176'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-featured-images/tags/13.7.2/admin/class-Quick_Featured_Images_Columns.php#L506
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3376996%40quick-featured-images%2Ftrunk&old=3271680%40quick-featured-images%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f9a1cfc-5e52-40da-bb9d-8f2b46d37c8c?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00241
epssPercentile: 0.14035
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T12:39:48.733Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.