Vulnerability Details 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. 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 10.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.4
References
- https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L26
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L35
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L65
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa16605a-12bd-48a8-b9a9-db53bf3c2c39?source=cve
- https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md
Products affected by CVE-2025-12019
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cpe:2.3:a:mer.vin:featured_image:*