{"id":"CVE-2025-13794","title":"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.…","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.…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-862"],"published":"2025-12-16","updated":"2026-10-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-07T19:10:00.160","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13794","references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-post-thumbnail/tags/4.2.1/includes/class-plugin.php#L425","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-13794/","label":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29b0fd97-a669-42bb-b01e-bdc0395d697e?source=cve","label":"security@wordfence.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00302,"epssPercentile":0.20976,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-07T20:46:46.949Z","slug":"CVE-2025-13794","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":24,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":23.7,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}