The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and WordPress plugin before 4.5.0 does not correctly validate the extensions of files extracted from an uploaded archive, due to a variable being reused as a loop counter so that the check always passes, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to write arbitrary files into a web-accessible directory and, on hosts that execute them, run arbitrary code.
History

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions nextgen Gallery
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions nextgen Gallery

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

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


Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-434

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 correctly validate the extensions of files extracted from an uploaded archive, due to a variable being reused as a loop counter so that the check always passes, allowing users granted its gallery-management capability by an administrator to write arbitrary files into a web-accessible directory and, on hosts that execute them, run arbitrary code.
Title NextGEN Gallery < 4.5.0 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload via ZIP Import
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-20T06:00:15.631Z

Updated: 2026-09-20T13:46:51.624Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T09:27:24.690Z

Link: CVE-2026-81650

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-20T13:46:13.235Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-20T07:16:49.590

Modified: 2026-09-21T13:34:57.127

Link: CVE-2026-81650

cve-icon Redhat

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