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TI-2026-01496 Aliases CVE-2026-1820GHSA-36p3-m272-rwxj

Cross-site scripting in brainvireinfo Media Library Alt Text Editor

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00181 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
brainvireinfoMedia Library Alt Text Editorup to 1.0.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Media Library Alt Text Editor Vendorbrainvireinfo Affected up to 1.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1820
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-36p3-m272-rwxj

References

  • TI-2025-17283 WordPress Sale with Razorpay plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2025-17751 WordPress Dynamic URL SEO plugin <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2024-35141 WordPress Dynamic URL SEO plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2025-17752 WordPress Dynamic URL SEO plugin <= 1.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2025-22993 WordPress Export All Post Meta Plugin <= 1.2.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources