CVE-2025-12019

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mer.vin:featured_image:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

22 Dec 2025, 14:43

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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 - () 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 - () 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 - () 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 - () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image/tags/2.1/featured-image.php#L65 - URL Repurposed
References () https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/ - () https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image/ - Release Notes
References () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa16605a-12bd-48a8-b9a9-db53bf3c2c39?source=cve - () 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

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References () https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md - () https://github.com/zast-ai/vulnerability-reports/blob/main/wordpress/plugin/featured-image/stored-xss.md -

11 Nov 2025, 04:15

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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


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Products Affected

mer.vin

  • featured_image
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')