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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to replace arbitrary image attachments on the site with images from external URLs, potentially enabling site defacement, phishing attacks, or content manipulation.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00276,"percentile":0.20174,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-01-28T05:30:18Z","modified":"2026-06-17T10:15:28Z","products":[{"vendor":"iulia-cazan","product":"easy replace image"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/27332c13-c25f-47ec-980d-035fc35ce553?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-replace-image/trunk/easy-replace-image.php#L961"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-replace-image/tags/3.5.2/easy-replace-image.php#L961"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3447984%40easy-replace-image\u0026new=3447984%40easy-replace-image\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1298"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xw9f-44rx-4f36"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-1298","title":"Easy Replace Image \u003c= 3.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Attachment Replacement","description":"The Easy Replace Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2. This is due to missing capability checks on the `image_replacement_from_url` function that is hooked to the `eri_from_url` AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to replace arbitrary image attachments on the site with images from external URLs, potentially enabling site defacement, phishing attacks, or content manipulation.","status":"published","published":"2026-01-28T05:30:18.9Z","modified":"2026-04-08T16:42:52.905Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:01.271368Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-4865","description":"The Easy Replace Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2. This is due to missing capability checks on the `image_replacement_from_url` function that is hooked to the `eri_from_url` AJAX action. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to replace arbitrary image attachments on the site with images from external URLs, potentially enabling site defacement, phishing attacks, or content manipulation.","status":"published","published":"2026-01-28T06:30:31Z","modified":"2026-01-28T06:30:42Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:05:57.071513Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-1298","description":"The Easy Replace Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2. This is due to missing capability checks on the `image_replacement_from_url` function that is hooked to the `eri_from_url` AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to replace arbitrary image attachments on the site with images from external URLs, potentially enabling site defacement, phishing attacks, or content manipulation.","status":"published","published":"2026-01-28T06:15:49.3Z","modified":"2026-06-17T10:15:28.433Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:04.769088Z"}]}}