CVE-2025-13794 Auto Featured Image <= 4.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Thumbnail Modification
Authenticated contributors can modify featured images on posts they do not own due to missing capability checks in the Auto Featured Image plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13794?
CVE-2025-13794 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeisle Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail), published on 16 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the bulk_action_generate_handler function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete or generate featured images on posts they do not own.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13794?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13794?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13794 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-13794 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13794 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r5px-69pm-q397.