WordPress plugin · auto-post-thumbnail
Is Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) safe?
Safe on 5.0.8 or newer.
The current version, 5.0.8, is past every affected range on record (7 of 7 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 7
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 5.0.8
- Last updated
- Oct 22, 2026
- Active installs
- 40,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Jul 13, 2026Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)CVE-2026-61970 · affects up to 5.0.4 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.9
- Dec 16, 2025Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail): Unauthorized modification of dataCVE-2025-13794 · affects up to 4.2.1 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
- Nov 1, 2024Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail): Missing AuthorizationCVE-2024-38719 · affects up to 4.1.2 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- May 31, 2024Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail): Server-Side Request ForgeryCVE-2023-7073 · affects up to 4.1.7 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Apr 29, 2024Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)CVE-2024-33629 · affects up to 4.0.0 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.4
- Mar 13, 2023Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail): Includes an AJAX endpoint that allows any user with at least Author privileges to upload arbitrary filesCVE-2023-0477 · fixed in 3.9.16 · reported by WPScan1.6% oddsHigh 8.8
- Dec 13, 2021Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail): Does not sanitise and escape the post_id parameter before outputting back in an admin page within a JS blockCVE-2021-24932 · fixed in 3.9.3 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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