Known vulnerabilities in Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail)

Automatically generate, assign, and manage featured images in bulk so every post on your site has a featured image.

5Reported vulnerabilities

6.4Highest CVSS score

5.0.5Latest version

50,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) to 5.0.5 or later. 5 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 10, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2023-7073	Medium 6.4	0.3%	0 to 4.1.7 (inclusive) 0 to 4.0.0 (inclusive)	`4.2.0`	May 31, 2024
CVE-2024-33629	Medium 6.4	0.3%	4.1.3 and earlier	`4.1.4`	April 25, 2024
CVE-2026-61970	Medium 6.4	0.2%	5.0.4 and earlier	`5.0.5`	July 31, 2026
CVE-2025-13794	Medium 4.3	0.3%	0 to 4.2.1 (inclusive)	`4.2.2`	December 16, 2025
CVE-2024-38719	Medium 4.3	0.4%	4.1.2 and earlier	`4.1.3`	July 11, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.