CVE-2026-105977: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in Portfolio Filter Gallery
Description
The Portfolio Filter Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not perform a per-object authorization check before deleting an attachment, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to permanently delete certain media attachments belonging to other users, including administrators.
CVSS v3.1
Score 2.2low
Affected software
Portfolio Filter Gallery
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-105977 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Portfolio Filter Gallery WordPress plugin prior to version 2.2.1. The plugin fails to verify whether a user has permission to delete specific media attachments, enabling users with Contributor role or higher to delete attachments belonging to other users, including administrators. This is caused by missing per-object authorization checks before the deletion operation.
Potential Impact
Users with Contributor role or higher can permanently delete media attachments owned by other users, including administrators. This could lead to unauthorized data loss or disruption of media content managed by privileged users.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Portfolio Filter Gallery plugin to version 2.2.1 or later, where this authorization bypass vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation is indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-06T09:54:09.734Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ac9d5582cdf04f6560b02ac
Added to database: 10/10/2026, 06:04:08 UTC
Last enriched: 10/10/2026, 06:19:06 UTC
Last updated: 10/10/2026, 21:26:33 UTC
Views: 17
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