PT-2025-40970 · WordPress · Featured Image From Url

Dj + 1 · Published 2025-10-07 · Updated 2025-10-07 · CVE-2025-7400

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Featured Image from URL (FIFU) plugin for WordPress versions prior to 5.2.8

Description The software is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the Featured Image custom fields of a post. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the injected page. A partial fix was implemented in version 5.2.2.

Recommendations Update to version 5.2.8 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-7400

Affected Products

Featured Image From Url

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7400 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1975466179738128568 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3362830/featured-image-from-url · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/34300 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1975480952445960441 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4eeaf05-ec86-4d99-bc00-81f7f99e88ce?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/137613 · Telegram Post