CVE-2025-62866 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-62866: WordPress Auto Alt Text plugin <= 2.5.2 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

Vendor Valerio Monti

Product Auto Alt Text

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 9, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

4.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Valerio Monti Auto Alt Text auto-alt-text allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Auto Alt Text: from n/a through <= 2.5.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Auto Alt Text versions 2.5.2 and earlier are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF). An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the administrator's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the victim to visit the attacker's page while authenticated.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings or data if an admin visits a malicious link while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Site admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 9, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62866 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

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