Vulnerability · Published Feb 19, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12081ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Attachment Metadata Modification
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in ACF Photo Gallery Field from navzme. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the "acf_photo_gallery_edit_save" function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to modify the title, caption, and custom metadata of arbitrary media attachments.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| navzme | ACF Photo Gallery Field | 0 – through 3.0 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d52a1c67-e20d-4390-9d07-94337a31d193?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/navz-photo-gallery/tags/3.0/navz-photo-gallery.php#L173
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/navz-photo-gallery/tags/3.0/includes/acf_photo_gallery_edit_save.php#L8
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3428006%40navz-photo-gallery&new=3428006%40navz-photo-gallery&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=