Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes Plugin information disclosure

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes Plugin up to 3.59.12 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation of the argument template causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-13641. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes Plugin up to 3.59.12 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument template with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.59.12 via the 'template' shortcode parameter. This is due to insufficient path validation that allows absolute paths to be provided. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary PHP files on the server, bypassing web server restrictions like .htaccess. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure, code execution in the WordPress context, and potential remote code execution if combined with arbitrary file upload capabilities.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-13641. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Photo Gallery Software

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• Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes Plugin

Version

• 3.59.0
• 3.59.1
• 3.59.2
• 3.59.3
• 3.59.4
• 3.59.5
• 3.59.6
• 3.59.7
• 3.59.8
• 3.59.9
• 3.59.10
• 3.59.11
• 3.59.12

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