4.2

CVE-2026-81653: unknown photo gallery, sliders, proofing and themes

CVSS: 4.2v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 20-09-2026Last modified 20-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-81653 is a medium (CVSS 4.2) vulnerability in unknown photo gallery, sliders, proofing and themes. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 4.5.0.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

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 user acting on an image owns the gallery it belongs to, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to delete, copy and re-tag any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 0.12% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • nextgen-gallery≤ 4.4.0 (fixed in 4.5.0)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links