CVE-2025-13685 Photo Gallery by Ays <= 6.4.8 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Bulk Actions
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into performing bulk gallery operations like deletion or publishing via forged requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13685?
CVE-2025-13685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ays-pro Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery, published on 2 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Photo Gallery by Ays plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.8. This is due to missing nonce verification on the bulk action functionality in the 'process_bulk_action()' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform bulk operations (delete, publish, or unpublish galleries) via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13685?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13685?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6jjg-3949-4mr3.