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Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2026-76012Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes <= 4.4.1 - Authenticated (Custom+) Local File Inclusion via Lightroom 'gallery_edit' Task property_list + Image Upload

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity unrestricted file upload in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 via the legacy_render function. This is due to broken authorization on the Lightroom gallery_edit endpoint combined with mass assignment of gallery path and unrestricted file upload into a registered template directory, whose extension check uses a substring match that accepts sanitized .php_ filenames as valid templates. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires the authenticated attacker to be the stored author of at least one existing NextGEN gallery, as ownership of that gallery is the sole authorization check gating the mass-assignment and upload steps.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
smub Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 0 – through 4.4.1

Weakness: CWE-434 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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