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_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.

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 22% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2025-12-16

Modified

2026-10-07

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-post-thumbnail/tags/4.2.1/includes/class-plugin.php#L425
• https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-13794/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29b0fd97-a669-42bb-b01e-bdc0395d697e?source=cve

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