Vulnerability · Published Dec 12, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14170Vimeo SimpleGallery <= 0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Modification
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Vimeo SimpleGallery from stiand. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Vimeo SimpleGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 0.2. This is due to missing authorization checks on the `vimeogallery_admin` function hooked to `admin_menu`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify arbitrary plugin settings via the `action` parameter.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| stiand | Vimeo SimpleGallery | 0 – through 0.2 |
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/0bb28557-7023-481f-a05b-0b9a22d7a456?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vimeo-simplegallery/trunk/vimeo_simplegallery.php#L22
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vimeo-simplegallery/tags/0.2/vimeo_simplegallery.php#L22