CVE-2026-81653

Status: DeferredMedium (4.2)—

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not verify that the user acting on an image owns the gallery it belongs to, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to delete, copy and re-tag any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base score: 4.2

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 8
Score date: 9/30/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Photo Gallery Sliders Proofing AND Wordpress — Photo Gallery Sliders Proofing AND Wordpress^AI

CWEs

CWE-639

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0bceb61b-6986-4669-896c-4279ecef0603/

Raw JSON (NVD)

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