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.
Problem types
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-11-19: | Discovered |
| 2025-11-30: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-12-15: | Disclosed |
Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev
References
www.wordfence.com/...-a669-42bb-b01e-bdc0395d697e?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/....2.1/includes/class-plugin.php
Data based on CVE®. Copyright © 1999-2025, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved.