Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-24697

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-03

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74/100

Remediation priority · Elevated

Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description

NVD · unedited

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Realwebcare Image Gallery – Responsive Photo Gallery awesome-responsive-photo-gallery allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Image Gallery – Responsive Photo Gallery: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

This is a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in the WordPress plugin 'Image Gallery – Responsive Photo Gallery' by Realwebcare. The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks, allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels to access or manipulate gallery content they should not have permission to access.

MitigationImplement proper capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive plugin functions and AJAX endpoints. This typically involves adding current_user_can() checks and nonce verification before performing operations on gallery data.

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CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Am I affected?

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

Locate the plugin installation directory

Check the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for folders containing 'image-gallery', 'responsive-gallery', or any Realwebcare gallery plugin. Common folder names may include 'image-gallery-responsive-photo-gallery', 'responsive-gallery', or similar variants.

Affected if A Realwebcare gallery plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
Identify the plugin version

Open the main plugin PHP file (typically the same name as the plugin folder, e.g., image-gallery-responsive-photo-gallery.php) and locate the version string in the plugin header comment (look for 'Version: x.x.x' or a defined version constant).

Affected if The installed version matches or falls within an unpatched version range of the plugin
Verify plugin activation status

In the WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins and check whether the Image Gallery plugin by Realwebcare is activated.

Affected if The plugin is activated in the WordPress site
Inspect AJAX endpoints for authorization gaps

Examine the plugin source code for AJAX action handlers (wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks). Check if these handlers verify user capabilities using current_user_can() or similar authorization checks before performing gallery operations.

Affected if AJAX endpoints lack capability checks and the plugin is unpatched
Confirm missing capability enforcement on gallery operations

Review the plugin code for functions that handle gallery content creation, modification, or deletion. Verify whether these functions include current_user_can() checks or nonce verification before executing sensitive operations.

Affected if Gallery management functions lack proper authorization checks and the plugin version is unpatched

A user is affected if the Image Gallery - Responsive Photo Gallery plugin by Realwebcare is installed, activated, and running an unpatched version that lacks authorization checks on its AJAX endpoints and gallery operations.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

Remediation

From vendor data

Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime

Mitigation

Implement proper capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive plugin functions and AJAX endpoints. This typically involves adding current_user_can() checks and nonce verification before performing operations on gallery data.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory

Consultation4.0 h
Implementation6.0 h
Testing4.0 h
Review / QA2.0 h

16.0 hours of engineering $2,840

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References

Primary sources

patchstack.com
nvd.nist.govNVD record

Practitioner notes

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At a glance

A fix existsA vendor remedy is published

Severity 6.5 Medium

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.4%

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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