CVE-2025-12019
MEDIUMFeatured Image <= 2.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Metadata
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md
URL Repurposed
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L26
URL Repurposed
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L35
URL Repurposed
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L65
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/
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