CVE-2026-25348
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in alttextai Download Alt Text AI alttext-ai allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Download Alt Text AI: from n/a through <= 1.10.15.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe alttext-ai plugin for WordPress contains a missing authorization vulnerability where the application fails to properly validate user permissions before allowing access to the Download Alt Text AI functionality. This allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially accessing or downloading alt text data they should not have permission to access.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm alttext-ai plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and search for 'alttext-ai' or check the wp-content/plugins/ directory for an 'alttext-ai' folderAffected if The plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Identify the Download Alt Text AI functionalityExamine the plugin files for any admin pages, AJAX handlers, or REST API endpoints related to 'Download Alt Text' or 'alt text' functionality - look in the plugin's main PHP file and any admin/submenu configurationAffected if The plugin exposes a download feature for alt text data
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Verify authorization controls on the download endpointReview the plugin code to check if the download function includes capability checks (such as 'manage_options' or 'edit_posts') or nonce validation before allowing access to the alt text download functionalityAffected if No capability check or insufficient permission validation exists before executing the download operation
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Test access with limited user accountCreate or use a WordPress user account with Subscriber or Contributor role (lowest privilege), then attempt to access the Download Alt Text AI feature via its URL or AJAX actionAffected if A low-privilege user can successfully access or trigger the download functionality without proper authorization rejection
If the alttext-ai plugin is active and the download functionality can be accessed by users without appropriate WordPress capability checks, the environment is affected by this authorization bypass vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks on all sensitive endpoints and functions within the plugin, ensuring that user permissions are validated before executing any data access or download operations.
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