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TI-2025-12609 Aliases CVE-2025-13794GHSA-r5px-69pm-q397

Auto Featured Image <= 4.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Thumbnail Modification

Priority LOW 20CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00302 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
themeisleAuto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)up to 4.2.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) Vendorthemeisle Affected up to 4.2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13794
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r5px-69pm-q397

References

Other 3

  • TI-2017-14315 WordPress Insert PHP Plugin < 3.3.1 PHP Code Injection via REST API CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2023-02146 Otter - Gutenberg Blocks < 2.2.6 - Author+ PHAR Deserialization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-20819 WordPress Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin <= 2.9.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-12631 A blind SSRF vulnerability exists in the Visualizer plugin before 3.3.1 for WordPress via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-02115 Product Addons & Fields for WooCommerce < 32.0.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2022-04265 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy < 4.1.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
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Sources

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