01 Record
CVE-2025-12019
Featured Image <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Featured Image <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 43.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-07.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-11-11 03:30Z11 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 17:34Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-10-21
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- adff22b45b962878618cc159589c0ac70e99f0ffd7e2bc0db9a650ad12404664
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa16605a-12bd-48a8-b9a9-db53bf3c2c39?source=cve
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/
- github.comhttps://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L26
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L35
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L65
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3392100/