Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12494
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file functi
Published Nov 15, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · WPChill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery
Last checked Oct 27, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12494. EPSS is 0.26%. Act only if a listed version of WPChill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
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- Severity
- Medium4.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.26%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor WPChill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 0 ≤2.12.28
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files on the server.
Are you affected?
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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor WPChill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 0 ≤2.12.280 ≤2.12.28
How to fix CVE-2025-12494
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 0 ≤2.12.28
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12494. EPSS is 0.26%. Act only if a listed version of WPChill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with WPChill Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 0 ≤2.12.28 0 ≤2.12.28. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.26%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Nov 15, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files on the server.
Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files on the server.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12494
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12494
30-day exploitation probability 0.26%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-197684
The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
- EUVD record · euvd.enisa.europa.eu
- EUVD reference · plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- EUVD reference · plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- EUVD reference · plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- EUVD reference · plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- EUVD reference · plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- EUVD reference · research.cleantalk.org
- EUVD reference · wordfence.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 27, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026
- EUVDOct 26, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 24, 2026