CVE-2025-15524 Missing authorization in Gallery by FooGallery
Authenticated subscribers can access private gallery metadata due to missing capability checks in the FooGallery WordPress 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-2025-15524?
CVE-2025-15524 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in fooplugins Gallery by FooGallery, published on 11 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Gallery by FooGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_get_gallery_info() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve metadata (name, image count, thumbnail URL) of private, draft, and password-protected galleries by enumerating gallery IDs.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15524?
How do I fix CVE-2025-15524?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15524 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-2025-15524 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15524 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p865-3wr3-qchc.