Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery: A security weakness
Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least author-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
- Plugin slug
image-gallery-photo-grid-video-gallery- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 15, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 15, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `add_images_to_gallery_callback()` function in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to add images to arbitrary Modula galleries owned by other users.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N