All-in-One Video Gallery Plugin up to 4.5.7 on WordPress VTT File Parser unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in All-in-One Video Gallery Plugin up to 4.5.7 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function of the component VTT File Parser. The manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-12957. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in All-in-One Video Gallery Plugin up to 4.5.7 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component VTT File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The All-in-One Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file upload in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.7. This is due to insufficient file type validation detecting VTT files, allowing double extension files to bypass sanitization while being accepted as a valid VTT file. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-12957. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/17/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1608.002.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/15/2026 Advisory disclosed
01/15/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/17/2026 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-12957 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-12957
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-341412

Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2026 21:02
Updated: 01/17/2026 10:43
Changes: 01/15/2026 21:02 (51), 01/17/2026 10:43 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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