CVE-2025-12019

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.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 39.1% 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 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2025-11-11 03:30Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-04-08 17:34Z4 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

• 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/