# CVE-2026-11997: Bulk SEO Image \<= 1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-24 · Updated: 2026-06-24

## Affected

- seo\_tools Bulk SEO Image: through 1.1

## Description

The Bulk SEO Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to and including 1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the plugin's settings page handler BulkSeoImage(), which dispatches to launchbulk() / BulkSeoImageGo() whenever the request contains $_POST['bulkseoimage']. No wp_nonce_field() is emitted in the form and no check_admin_referer()/wp_verify_nonce() is performed before bulk-overwriting the _wp_attachment_image_alt post meta for every image attached to every published post and/or page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bulk-overwrite image ALT-text metadata across the site via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on seo\_tools Bulk SEO Image, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef176a6c-33d1-45d6-8a1d-3df1e8eb2170?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-seo-image/tags/1.1/bulk-seo-image.php#L11
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-seo-image/tags/1.1/bulk-seo-image.php#L76
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-seo-image/tags/1.1/bulk-seo-image.php#L147

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