The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.
Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 19:09 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 13 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Since the vulnerability requires authenticated author-level access, restricting user privileges and monitoring for suspicious activity is recommended. Check the vendor advisory or plugin updates for any forthcoming patches.
Description
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability in the ajax_import_file function that allows authenticated users with author-level access or higher to delete arbitrary files on the server due to insufficient file path validation. This affects all versions up to and including 2.12.28.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12494 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3391790/modula-best-grid-gallery/trunk?contextall=1&old=3390878&old_path=%2Fmodula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftrunk (opens in a new tab)
- research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12494 (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca423309-d8bd-46a4-9e88-9534d9c60b4a?source=cve (opens in a new tab)