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.
Published:Nov 11, 2025
Last Modified:Apr 21, 2026
EPS:Nov 11, 2025
EPSS Score:0.00034
CVSS Score:4.4
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Mer.vin
Product
Featured Image
Mer.vin
Featured Image
Vendor
Wordpress
Product
Wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
