Medium 5.4Published Mar 4, 2026

CVE-2026-2732Enable Media Replace <= 4.1.7 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Attachment Change via Background Replace

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 11:00 AM ET)

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The Enable Media Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an improper capability check on the 'RemoveBackGroundViewController::load' function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to replace any attachment with a removed background attachment.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

shortpixel Enable Media Replace shortpixel:enable_media_replace (from the name)	through 4.1.7	CNA record

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2c5f2dc8-67f7-4dbf-8631-f434522f1b53?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-media-replace/tags/4.1.7/classes/ViewController/RemoveBackgroundViewController.php#L35
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-media-replace/tags/4.1.7/classes/ViewController/RemoveBackgroundViewController.php#L68
https://github.com/short-pixel-optimizer/enable-media-replace/commit/8ca282e68e5fcf8a8e4cecc1f0ab192c42b1dc66
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3473504/enable-media-replace#file26

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