Quick Featured Images Plugin up to 13.7.3 on WordPress delete_orphaned sql injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Quick Featured Images Plugin up to 13.7.3 on WordPress. This impacts the function delete_orphaned. The manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-11980. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Quick Featured Images Plugin up to 13.7.3 on WordPress. Affected is the function delete_orphaned. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Quick Featured Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'delete_orphaned' function in all versions up to, and including, 13.7.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database, granted they can convince an author-level user or higher to add a malicious custom field value.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-11980. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/09/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-38374). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Quick Featured Images Plugin

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• 13.7.0
• 13.7.1
• 13.7.2
• 13.7.3

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