WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) <= 0.6.2.9 - Missing Authorization

5.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-37926
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 9, 2024
Last Updated July 18, 2024
Researcher Mika

Description

The WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wah_update_image_alt() function in all versions up to, and including, 0.6.2.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update image alts.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Accessibility Helper (WAH)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-accessibility-helper (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 0.6.3, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 0.6.2.9
Patched Version
  • 0.6.3

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