CVE-2025-12019
The Featured Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image metadata in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Featured Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image metadata in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mer.vin/featured image
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L26URL Repurposed
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L35URL Repurposed
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L65URL Repurposed
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3392100/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/Release Notes
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa16605a-12bd-48a8-b9a9-db53bf3c2c39?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.