CVE-2025-14455
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform actions on gallery management functions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete, modify, or clone galleries created by any user, including administrators.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid WordPress plugin lacks proper capability checks on gallery management AJAX endpoints, allowing authenticated users with Contributor-level permissions to bypass authorization and perform administrative operations (delete, modify, clone) on galleries created by any user, including administrators.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin installation and versionNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins and locate 'Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid'. Note the installed version number displayed in the plugin list.Affected if The plugin is installed and the version is below 3.6.8 (or if version cannot be determined but the plugin is present)
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Identify Contributor-level user accountsGo to WordPress Admin > Users and review the role column for any accounts assigned the 'Contributor' role. Count or list these accounts.Affected if There is at least one user account with Contributor-level permissions in the WordPress installation
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Review gallery modification logsAccess WordPress admin panel and check the gallery list (Final Tiles Grid > Galleries). Look for recent modifications, deletions, or cloned galleries that were not performed by administrators, or check WordPress activity logs if available.Affected if Recent gallery modifications exist that were performed by non-administrator accounts, or galleries created by administrators have been deleted/modified unexpectedly
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Verify AJAX endpoint accessibility (optional technical check)Use browser developer tools or a tool like curl to inspect AJAX requests when accessing gallery management features. Check if non-admin users can access admin-ajax.php endpoints related to gallery actions (ftg_delete_gallery, ftg_clone_gallery, ftg_save_gallery).Affected if Contributor-level users can successfully execute gallery management AJAX actions (response indicates success rather than 403/401 error)
A user is affected if the Final Tiles Grid plugin is installed with a version below 3.6.8 and there is at least one Contributor-level user account present in the WordPress environment.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to version 3.6.8 or later which implements proper authorization verification for gallery management functions. Until patched, restrict Contributor-level user accounts and monitor for suspicious gallery modifications.
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- Implementation4.0 h
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-14455 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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