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Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename <= 5.2.5 — Missing Authorization Checks

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Action summary

Affected: ≤5.2.5Update to 5.2.6 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) media-file-renamer

  1. Affected≤ 5.2.5
  2. Patched in5.2.6

Update to 5.2.6 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 5.2.5. Version 5.2.6 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered).
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 5.2.6, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.

The Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the 'get_license' and 'set_license' API endpoints in versions up to, and including, 5.2.5. This makes it possible for authenticated Subscriber+ attackers to bypass otherwise restricted security protocols.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered)

All 5
More vulnerabilities in Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered)
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.6Authenticated(Administrator+) Remote Code Execution
≤5.7.7Update to 5.7.8
CVE-2023-50897
Medium5.3Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File
≤5.6.9Update to 5.7.0
CVE-2023-44991
High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤5.2.5Update to 5.2.6
CVE-2021-36850
Medium6.4Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<1.9.4Update to 1.9.4
CVE-2014-2040

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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