# CVE-2025-22543: WordPress ST Gallery WP plugin <= 1.0.8 - Settings Change vulnerability

> Attackers can modify plugin settings without authorization due to missing access controls in the ST Gallery WP WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w62h-vvvx-3vjw

## What is CVE-2025-22543?

CVE-2025-22543 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in beautifultemplates ST Gallery WP, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in beautifultemplates ST Gallery WP st-gallery-wp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ST Gallery WP: from n/a through <= 1.0.8.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22543?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-22543?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-22543 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-22543 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-22543 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-22543 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in beautifultemplates ST Gallery WP, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: beautifultemplates ST Gallery WP. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22543/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22543/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22543
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22543
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-22543

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-22543/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.