---
id: CVE-2025-7400
title: >-
  The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to
  Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a post's Featured Image custom fields in all
  versions up to, and including, 5.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and output …
summary: >-
  The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to
  Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a post's Featured Image custom fields in all
  versions up to, and including, 5.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization
  and output …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2025-10-07'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T22:10:00.563'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7400'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3362830/featured-image-from-url
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4eeaf05-ec86-4d99-bc00-81f7f99e88ce?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00193
epssPercentile: 0.08197
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T22:11:53.787Z'
---

## Overview

The Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a post's Featured Image custom fields in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. NOTE: This vulnerability was partially fixed in version 5.2.2.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.