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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2025-13794 EUVD-2025-203499GHSA-r5px-69pm-q397

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

Published Dec 16, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
themeisle Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) ≤ 4.2.1 —

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