CVE-2025-12494

MEDIUM

Image Gallery - Photo Grid & Video Gallery <2.12.28 - Privilege Esc...

Title source: llm

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.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L554

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L567

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L589

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L597

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3391790/modula-best-grid-gallery/trunk?contextall=1&old=3390878&old_path=%2Fmodula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftrunk

Various Sources

https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12494/

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca423309-d8bd-46a4-9e88-9534d9c60b4a?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 11.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-285

Status published

Products (2)

wpchill/Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery < 2.12.28

wpchill/Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery < 2.12.28

Published Nov 15, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026