CVE-2026-65487

Photography <= 7.7.6 - Missing Authorization

2026-07-22 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Theme: photography
Affected Version: <= 7.7.6
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2026-65487

At a glance

CVE-2026-65487 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the photography WordPress theme, affecting versions <= 7.7.6. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed July 2026, reported by Phat RiO.

Vulnerability Overview

The Photography theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 7.7.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in photography <= 7.7.6 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. No fixed build of this theme is recorded for photography yet, so installs running <= 7.7.6 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-65487 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e25fd68a-a4aa-4539-ba1a-de1d7b28c7ff https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65487

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5.4CVE-2025-22702: Photography <= 7.5.2 Missing AuthorizationCVE-2025-22702

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CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

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

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