Text to Speech (TTS) by Mementor <= 1.9.8 - Use of Hardcoded Password to Unauthenticated Remote Database Access
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.9.9
- Affected Plugin
- Text to Speech – TTSWP
- Affected Version
<= 1.9.8- CVSS
- 7.5High
- Weakness type
- CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
- CVE
CVE-2026-1233
At a glance
CVE-2026-1233 is a high-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in the Text to Speech WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.9.8. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.9.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2026, reported by Kazuma Matsumoto.
Vulnerability Overview
The Text to Speech for WP (AI Voices by Mementor) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.8. This is due to the plugin containing hardcoded MySQL database credentials for the vendor's external telemetry server in the `Mementor_TTS_Remote_Telemetry` class. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract and decode these credentials, gaining unauthorized write access to the vendor's telemetry database.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key.
Remediation
Update to version 1.9.9, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Text to Speech 1.9.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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