CVE-2025-12081 ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Attachment Metadata Modification
Authenticated subscribers can modify arbitrary media attachment metadata due to missing capability checks in the ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12081?
CVE-2025-12081 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in navzme ACF Photo Gallery Field, published on 19 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12081?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12081?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12081 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-12081 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12081 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5fjp-9gjr-r4p2.