SQL injection in alttextai Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alttextai | Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility | up to 1.4.9 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility Vendoralttextai Affected up to 1.4.9 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4847
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mgc5-fh63-4wc7
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c192623-eb46-4f1d-b897-433ac80608cb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/alttext-ai/trunk/includes/class-atai-attachment.php#L677
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3086107/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/alttext-ai/#developers
More alttextai vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-20466 WordPress Download Alt Text AI plugin <= 1.10.15 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-22706 WordPress AltText.ai plugin <= 1.3.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2026-67438 Missing authorization in alttextai Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-4847 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-4847 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mgc5-fh63-4wc7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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