CVE-2025-12019

MEDIUM

Featured Image <= 2.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Metadata

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 34.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
mer.vin/featured_image < 2.1
mervinpraison/Featured Image < 2.1
Published Nov 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026