Improper authorization in wpchill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
Priority LOW 20CWE-285Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00258 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12494
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c42p-mjmp-r2p3
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca423309-d8bd-46a4-9e88-9534d9c60b4a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L554
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L567
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L589
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L597
- https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12494/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3391790/modula-best-grid-gallery/trunk?contextall=1&old=3390878&old_path=%2Fmodula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftrunk
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Sources
- CVE-2025-12494 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12494 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c42p-mjmp-r2p3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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