Is auto-featured-image (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress auto-featured-image has 3 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.28.3, updated 2026-10-28.

3advisories

0critical

0on CISA KEV

1no fix recorded

CVE	Title	Severity	CVSS	Affected	Fixed in
CVE-2023-0477	The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) WordPress plugin before 3.9.16 includes an AJAX endpoint that allows any user with at least Au	high	8.8	`<3.9.16`	`3.9.16`
CVE-2021-24932	The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) WordPress plugin before 3.9.3 does not sanitise and escape the post_id parameter before output	medium	6.1	`<3.9.3`	`3.9.3`
CVE-2024-6054	The Auto Featured Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'create_post	high	8.8	`<=1.2`	–

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