The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not verify that the requesting user is entitled to a given image record before returning it, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to read the stored metadata of any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users. The disclosed data includes the image's stored EXIF subset, covering camera make and model and capture timestamp, along with internal checksums and identifiers that the Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0's own capability-gated read path reserves to administrators.
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Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-285
CWE-639

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not verify that the requesting user is entitled to a given image record before returning it, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to read the stored metadata of any image on the site, including images in galleries belonging to other users. The disclosed data includes the image's stored EXIF subset, covering camera make and model and capture timestamp, along with internal checksums and identifiers that the Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0's own capability-gated read path reserves to administrators.
Title NextGEN Gallery < 4.5.0 - Contributor+ Image Metadata Disclosure via IDOR
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-20T06:00:15.977Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T09:27:34.936Z

Link: CVE-2026-81652

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-20T07:16:49.803

Modified: 2026-09-20T07:16:49.803

Link: CVE-2026-81652

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Updated: 2026-09-20T07:30:17Z

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