CVE-2025-12494 Missing authorization in Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
Authenticated attackers with author-level access can move arbitrary image files on the server due to insufficient path validation in the 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-2025-12494?
CVE-2025-12494 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpchill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery, published on 15 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files on the server.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12494?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12494?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12494 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-2025-12494 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12494 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as CVE-2025-13890, GHSA-c42p-mjmp-r2p3.