ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Attachment Metadata Modification

2026-02-18 14:58

Rafshanzani Suhada

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.1

Affected PluginACF Photo Gallery Field

Affected Version<= 3.0

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2025-12081

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Vulnerability Overview

The ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the "acf_photo_gallery_edit_save" function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to modify the title, caption, and custom metadata of arbitrary media attachments.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12081 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d52a1c67-e20d-4390-9d07-94337a31d193

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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