CVE-2026-120578: AI Alt Text Generator <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Attachment Modification via 'post_id' Parameter

Published Nov 3, 2026
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Updated

The AI Alt Text Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the alt text, and optionally the title, caption, and description of arbitrary attachments owned by other users. Exploiting this vulnerability requires a Contributor-level account to retrieve the nonce from the page source of post.php, post-new.php, or upload.php; additionally, overwriting posttitle, postexcerpt, and postcontent requires the plugin's settitle, setcaption, or setdescription options to be enabled.

Event History

Nov 3, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:43 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:43 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·05:18 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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