What is CVE-2026-81653?

CVE-2026-81653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing And Themes, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2026-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-81653?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing And Themes

CVE-2026-81653

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not verify that the user acting on an image owns the gallery it belongs to, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to delete, copy and re-tag any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing And Themes

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-81653?: CVE-2026-81653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing And Themes, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2026-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-81653?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.