CVE-2025-12019 Featured Image <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated administrators can inject arbitrary scripts via image metadata in the Featured Image WordPress plugin, affecting multi-site or restricted HTML configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12019?
CVE-2025-12019 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in mervinpraison Featured Image, published on 11 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12019?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mer.vin Featured Image.
How do I fix CVE-2025-12019?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-12019 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-12019 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fwxh-v93f-2rc3.