6.4

CVE-2023-7073: themeisle auto featured image (auto post thumbnail) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSS: 6.4v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 31-05-2024Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-7073 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in themeisle auto featured image (auto post thumbnail). EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.2.0.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1
CVE-2025-10145

Timeline

  1. 31-05-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7 via the upload_to_library AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Themeisle1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • auto-post-thumbnail≤ 4.1.7 (fixed in 4.2.0)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links