CVE-2026-81652: unknown photo gallery, sliders, proofing and themes

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-81652 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in unknown photo gallery, sliders, proofing and themes. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 4.5.0.

Timeline

1. 20-09-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 20-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not verify that the requesting user is entitled to a given image record before returning it, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to read the stored metadata of any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users. The disclosed data includes the image's stored EXIF subset, covering camera make and model and capture timestamp, along with internal checksums and identifiers that the Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0's own capability-gated read path reserves to administrators.

• CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyThe system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.