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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-81653: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing And Themes

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.