Description
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.
Published: 2026-02-19
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorised modification of attachment metadata by authenticated users
Action: Apply Patch
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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Attachment Metadata Modification
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:25:59.347Z

Reserved: 2025-10-22T15:58:47.791Z

Link: CVE-2025-12081

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Updated: 2026-02-19T17:04:15.549Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-02-19T07:17:27.147

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-12081

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-21T00:15:16Z

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