CVE-2025-12019 (GCVE-0-2025-12019)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-11 03:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Featured Image <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-12 14:55 UTC
CWE
- CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mervinpraison | Featured Image |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.1
(semver)
|
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