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
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| 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 | URL Repurposed |
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/ | Release Notes |
| https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa16605a-12bd-48a8-b9a9-db53bf3c2c39?source=cve | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
22 Dec 2025, 14:43
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:mer.vin:featured_image:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md - Exploit, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L26 - URL Repurposed | |
| References | () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L35 - URL Repurposed | |
| References | () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L65 - URL Repurposed | |
| References | () https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/ - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa16605a-12bd-48a8-b9a9-db53bf3c2c39?source=cve - Third Party Advisory | |
| First Time |
Mer.vin
Mer.vin featured Image |
12 Nov 2025, 20:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md - |
11 Nov 2025, 04:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-11-11 04:15
Updated : 2025-12-22 14:43
NVD link : CVE-2025-12019
Mitre link : CVE-2025-12019
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-12019
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mer.vin
- featured_image
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
