CVE-2026-81650 NextGEN Gallery < 4.5.0 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload via ZIP Import
Authenticated users with gallery-management capabilities can upload arbitrary files via ZIP import, potentially leading to remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-81650?
CVE-2026-81650 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes, published on 20 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not correctly validate the extensions of files extracted from an uploaded archive, due to a variable being reused as a loop counter so that the check always passes, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to write arbitrary files into a web-accessible directory and, on hosts that execute them, run arbitrary code.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-81650?
How do I fix CVE-2026-81650?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-81650 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-81650 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-81650 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j73p-vqpx-6v96.