Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-13794

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.

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Affected products

WordPress/Auto Post Thumbnailinferred2 versions
<=4.2.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=4.2.1
- (no CPE)range: <=4.2.1
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-post-thumbnail

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-post-thumbnail/tags/4.2.1/includes/class-plugin.phpnvd
research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-13794/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/29b0fd97-a669-42bb-b01e-bdc0395d697envd

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