🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2025-12494

MEDIUM 4.3

Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery <= 2.12.28 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Image File Move

CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files on the server.

CWE CWE-285
Vendor wpchill
Product modula image gallery – photo grid & video gallery
Published Nov 15, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

wpchill / Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
0 ≤ 2.12.28

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca423309-d8bd-46a4-9e88-9534d9c60b4a?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L554 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L567 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L589 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L597 research.cleantalk.org: https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12494/ plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3391790/modula-best-grid-gallery/trunk?contextall=1&old=3390878&old_path=%2Fmodula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftrunk

Credits

Dmitrii Ignatyev