Photo Gallery Plugin up to 4.4.x on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Photo Gallery Plugin, Sliders Plugin and Proofing and Themes Plugin up to 4.4.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-81651. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Photo Gallery Plugin, Sliders Plugin and Proofing and Themes Plugin up to 4.4.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not verify that the user saving a gallery owns it, allowing any user granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to overwrite the stored settings of any gallery on the site, including its filesystem path, and including galleries belonging to other users.

The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-81651 since 08/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Photo Gallery Plugin/Sliders Plugin/Proofing and Themes Plugin 4.5.0

Timelineinfo

08/27/2026 CVE reserved
09/20/2026 +24 days Advisory disclosed
09/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/20/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-81651 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-81651
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408004

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2026 08:41
Changes: 09/20/2026 08:41 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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