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CVE-2025-12494VulnerabilityPublished

The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-12494· Medium 4.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 19:09 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

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