CVE-2026-1820 PUBLISHED

Media Library Alt Text Editor <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_id' Shortcode Attribute

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 03.02.2026 Published: 07.03.2026 Updated: 07.03.2026

The Media Library Alt Text Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'bvmalt_sc_div_update_alt_text' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor brainvireinfo
Product Media Library Alt Text Editor
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 1.0.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Muhammad Yudha - DJ finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE