Plugins · navz-photo-gallery · data as of 2026-11-04
Is ACF Photo Gallery Field safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.1
- Last updated
- 2025-12-26
- Active installs
- 60,000+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 6.9.11 · PHP 7.0+
A lightweight extension of Advanced Custom Field (ACF) that adds Photo Gallery field to any post/pages on your WordPress website. — by Navneil Naicker
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.1). Anything older than 3.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get navz-photo-gallery --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update navz-photo-gallery updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.3 CVE-2025-12081 · published 2026-02-19
Missing authorization check in ACF Photo Gallery Field (3.0 and older)
- Affected
- 3.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
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.
NVD CVE-2025-12081Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 4.3 CVE-2024-23518 · published 2024-06-11
Missing authorization check in ACF Photo Gallery Field (2.6 and older)
- Affected
- 2.6 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.7
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Navneil Naicker ACF Photo Gallery Field.This issue affects ACF Photo Gallery Field: from n/a through 2.6.
medium 4.3 CVE-2023-3957 · published 2023-07-27
Missing authorization check in ACF Photo Gallery Field (1.9 and older)
- Affected
- 1.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.0 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The ACF Photo Gallery Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an insufficient restriction on the 'apg_profile_update' function in versions up to, and including, 1.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above, to update the user metas arbitrarily. The meta value can only be a string.
NVD CVE-2023-3957Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 6.1 CVE-2021-24909 · published 2022-01-17
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in ACF Photo Gallery Field (older than 1.7.5)
- Affected
- older than 1.7.5
- Fixed in
- 1.7.5
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The ACF Photo Gallery Field WordPress plugin before 1.7.5 does not sanitise and escape the post parameter in the includes/acf_photo_gallery_metabox_edit.php file before outputing back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
Recent activity
- 2025-12-26 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.1).
- 2026-02-19 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-12081), fixed in 3.1.
- 2024-06-11 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2024-23518), fixed in 2.7.
- 2023-07-27 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2023-3957), fixed in 2.0.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Navneil Naicker (2 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (3) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/navz-photo-gallery (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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