Is featured-image-from-url (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress featured-image-from-url has 4 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28.

4advisories
0critical
0on CISA KEV
0no fix recorded
CVETitleSeverityCVSSAffectedFixed in
CVE-2022-2241The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could amedium6.1<4.0.04.0.0
CVE-2022-2278The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not validate, sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could almedium4.8<4.0.14.0.1
CVE-2023-6561The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the featured image alt text in all medium6.4<4.5.44.5.4
CVE-2024-1496The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the fifu_input_url parameter in allmedium6.4<4.6.34.6.3

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