The Image Alt Text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data| due to a missing capability check on the iat_add_alt_txt_action and iat_update_alt_txt_action AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the alt text on arbitrary images.
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EUVD-2024-34082 | The Image Alt Text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data| due to a missing capability check on the iat_add_alt_txt_action and iat_update_alt_txt_action AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the alt text on arbitrary images. |
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History
Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000
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Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:15:00 +0000
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| Description | The Image Alt Text plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data| due to a missing capability check on the iat_add_alt_txt_action and iat_update_alt_txt_action AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update the alt text on arbitrary images. | |
| Title | Image Alt Text <= 2.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Image Alt Text Update | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2024-11-29T15:51:39.414Z
Reserved: 2024-11-27T17:50:20.671Z
Link: CVE-2024-11918
Updated: 2024-11-29T15:51:35.077Z
Status : Received
Published: 2024-11-28T06:15:08.347
Modified: 2024-11-28T06:15:08.347
Link: CVE-2024-11918
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-07-12T23:06:31Z
EUVD