VDB-408005 · CVE-2026-81653 · GCVE-0-2026-81653

Photo Gallery Plugin up to 4.4.x on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Photo Gallery Plugin, Sliders Plugin and Proofing and Themes Plugin up to 4.4.x and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-81653. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Photo Gallery Plugin, Sliders Plugin and Proofing and Themes Plugin up to 4.4.x. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not verify that the user acting on an image owns the gallery it belongs to, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to delete, copy and re-tag any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-81653 since 08/27/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

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Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
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-2026-81653 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-81653
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408005

Entryinfo

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