CVE-2025-13685: Photo Gallery by Ays (WordPress plugin) · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Affects Photo Gallery by Ays (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 2 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| ays-pro Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is available, administrators should exercise caution when interacting with unsolicited links and consider limiting administrative access or implementing additional CSRF protections at the web server or application level.
Description
The Photo Gallery by Ays plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.8. This is due to missing nonce verification on the bulk action functionality in the 'process_bulk_action()' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform bulk operations (delete, publish, or unpublish galleries) via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42a14820-710d-4149-9a8d-aa84479f0980?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-photo-gallery/trunk/includes/lists/class-gallery-photo-gallery-list-table.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gallery-photo-gallery/tags/6.4.7/includes/lists/class-gallery-photo-gallery-list-table.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3404625/gallery-photo-gallery/tags/6.4.9/includes/lists/class-gallery-photo-gallery-list-table.php?old=3402336&old_path=gallery-photo-gallery%2Ftags%2F6.4.8%2Fincludes%2Flists%2Fclass-gallery-photo-gallery-list-table.php (opens in a new tab)