Media Library Helper — Bulk edit image ALT, caption & description

Media Library Helper — Bulk edit image ALT, caption & description has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2023; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 4.3, and the most serious one scores 4.3 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Media Library Helper — Bulk edit image ALT, caption & description has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by István Márton. Media Library Helper — Bulk edit image ALT, caption & description is installed on roughly 10,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

4.3/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 4.3CVE-2023-37386

Media Library Helper by Codexin <= 1.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via rate_the_plugin_action

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2023-07-05 00:00	Media Library Helper by Codexin <= 1.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via rate_the_plugin_action Media Library Helper <= 1.2.0	`CVE-2023-37386`	4.3 Medium	István Márton	Yes

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Latestv1.3.2

Media Library Helper — Bulk edit image ALT, caption & description

Author

Codexin Technologies

4.9(58)

98/100

Last Updated

2025-12-03 (9mo ago)

Active Installs

10,000+

Downloads

158,740

Requires WP

4.8+

Requires PHP

5.6.39+

Tested up to

WP 6.8.8

Created

2021-01-19 (6y ago)

If you have a large number of images in your WordPress media library and are concerned about updating their ALT tags, captions, descriptions or titles, worry no more. This plugin allows you to easily modify, delete, or update these elements with just a few clicks directly from the media library page in your WordPress dashboard. This plugin is the perfect solution to update metadata for multiple images without visiting each edit page. Accessing the WordPress media library page lets you easily view the existing images’ alt tags, captions, descriptions and titles. The plugin also identifies the images without an assigned ALT tag, caption, or description, enabling you to update them quickly and easily with just a few clicks. On-page SEO is crucial in boosting your website’s SEO score, and assigning proper image ALT tags to every image on your website is critical. With the help of this plugin, you can quickly identify images with empty or blank ALT tags, blank captions or descriptions in your media library and update them to enhance your SEO score. Features Add/edit/update the image titles, ALT tag, caption & description with one click directly from WordPress Media Library Search for a specific SEO keyword assigned to your images as an alt tag, caption or description. Search for blank or empty ALT tags, captions and descriptions and update/edit as needed. Sort media library images by ALT tag, image caption or image Description. Bulk edit image ALT tag or alt attribute Bulk edit image title Bulk edit image caption Bulk edit image description Improve SEO score by assigning the proper image metadata. How does this plugin work or How to edit image metadata Install the plugin “Media Library Helper by Codexin” From Dashboard, go to media –> Library –> Open the “List View” Unlock the edit mode. (You will see a button at the top, named “Edit mode is locked”) Continue updating image ALT text, caption and description as you need. Once finished, keep the edit mode Locked again.

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