The Enable Media Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check on the 'RemoveBackGroundViewController::load' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace any attachment with a removed background attachment.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Shortpixel Subscribe
Enable Media Replace Subscribe
Wordpress Subscribe
Wordpress Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Shortpixel
Shortpixel enable Media Replace
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Shortpixel
Shortpixel enable Media Replace
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Enable Media Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check on the 'RemoveBackGroundViewController::load' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace any attachment with a removed background attachment.
Title Enable Media Replace <= 4.1.7 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Attachment Change via Background Replace
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-04T15:03:24.405Z

Reserved: 2026-02-19T06:33:05.462Z

Link: CVE-2026-2732

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-04T07:16:14.577

Modified: 2026-03-04T07:16:14.577

Link: CVE-2026-2732

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-04T14:53:15Z

Weaknesses