CVE-2025-12494
Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery <= 2.12.28 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Image File Move
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Nov 15, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 29, 2025
Description
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files on the server.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallerywpchill |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca423309-d8bd-46a4-9e88-9534d9c60b4a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L554
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L567
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L589
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L597
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12494/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3391790/modula-best-grid-gallery/trunk?contextall=1&old=3390878&old_path=%2Fmodula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftrunk
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