WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-4847 Deferred

Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility: SQL injection

Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility
Plugin slug
alttext-ai
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 15, 2024
Weakness
CWE-89 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

This CVE was published May 15, 2024 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the ‘last_post_id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources