Photo Gallery/Sliders/Proofing and Themes up to 4.4.x on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Photo Gallery, Sliders and Proofing and Themes up to 4.4.x and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-81654. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Photo Gallery, Sliders and Proofing and Themes up to 4.4.x. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not check that a user holds its options capability before saving image sizing settings, allowing users granted only its gallery-management capability by an administrator to change settings that apply across the whole site.

The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-81654 since 08/27/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 4.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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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/Sliders/Proofing and Themes 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-2026-81654 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-81654
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408006

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2026 08:42
Changes: 09/20/2026 08:42 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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