Vulnerability · CVE-2025-13543
The PostGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'PostGalleryUploader' class functions in all versions up t
Published Dec 4, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 18, 2026 · PostGallery
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-2025-13543. EPSS is 0.76%. Act only if a listed version of PostGallery is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.76%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- stated named in the record · vendor rtowebsites PostGallery 0 ≤1.12.5
The PostGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'PostGalleryUploader' class functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level and above permissions, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- stated named in the record<= 1.12.5
- vendor rtowebsites PostGallery 0 ≤1.12.50 ≤1.12.5
How to fix CVE-2025-13543
Upgrade
CVE-2025-13543 lists a fix boundary at 1.12.5. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Affected <= 1.12.5
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-2025-13543. EPSS is 0.76%. Act only if a listed version of PostGallery is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 1.12.5; rtowebsites PostGallery 0 ≤1.12.5 0 ≤1.12.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. EPSS 0.76%. 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.
Dec 4, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
The PostGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'PostGalleryUploader' class functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level and above permissions, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution poss
Oct 18, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
The PostGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'PostGalleryUploader' class functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level and above permissions, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution poss
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-13543
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-13543
30-day exploitation probability 0.76%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-201275
The PostGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'PostGalleryUploader' class functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-13543
The PostGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to incorrect file type validation in the 'PostGalleryUploader' class functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level
nvd.nist.gov
References
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.
- EUVDOct 26, 2026
- FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
- NIST NVDOct 18, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 18, 2026