CVE-2024-9626: Zemanta Editorial Assistant By Sovrn

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Editorial Assistant by Sovrn plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'ajax_zemanta_set_featured_image' function in versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to upload attachment files (such as jpg, png, txt, zip), and set the post featured image.

Affected products

• Zemanta Editorial Assistant By Sovrn: up to and including 1.3.3

Published 2024-10-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.