Vulnerability · Published Nov 11, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-12019Featured Image <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.4

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A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Featured Image from mervinpraison. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
mervinpraison	Featured Image	0 – through 2.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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