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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-13794

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_

Published Dec 16, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13794. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.30%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor themeisle Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 0 ≤4.2.1

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor themeisle Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 0 ≤4.2.10 ≤4.2.1

How to fix CVE-2025-13794

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-13794. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with themeisle Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 0 ≤4.2.1 0 ≤4.2.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.30%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 16, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-13794

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-13794

    30-day exploitation probability 0.30%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-203499

    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 authenticat

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 30, 2026
  • EUVDOct 30, 2026