Missing authorization in Portfolio Filter Gallery WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
The Portfolio Filter Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 lacks authorization checks in several AJAX actions (CWE-863). An authenticated user with at least the Contributor role can read, modify and delete other users' galleries and site-wide gallery filters. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Portfolio Filter Gallery WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not perform proper authorization checks in a set of AJAX actions, allowing users with at least the Contributor role to read, modify and delete other users' galleries as well as site-wide gallery filters.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Portfolio Filter Gallery | before 2.2.1 | 2.2.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Portfolio Filter Gallery VendorUnknown Affected before 2.2.1 Fixed in 2.2.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Portfolio Filter Gallery 2.2.1 fixes the issue. Update to version 2.2.1 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Portfolio Filter Gallery (Unknown) Fixed in 2.2.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Portfolio Filter Gallery 2.2.1
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-70271 Portfolio Filter Gallery lets contributors delete others' mediaPriority LOW 11
Timeline
- 2026-10-10 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105976
- 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-qpvh-mq7h-9x9h
- 2026-10-11 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-11 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-105976 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105976 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qpvh-mq7h-9x9h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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