CVE-2025-49394
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in bPlugins Image Gallery block – Create and display photo gallery/photo album. 3d-image-gallery allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Image Gallery block – Create and display photo gallery/photo album.: from n/a through <= 1.0.7.
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 · moderate confidenceThis is a broken access control vulnerability in the bPlugins Image Gallery WordPress plugin where certain functionality lacks proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to access administrative or restricted features that should be constrained by ACLs.
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
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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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Check if bPlugins Image Gallery plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins and look for 'bPlugins Image Gallery' or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder containing 'image-gallery' and 'bplugins' in the nameAffected if The plugin is installed and activated
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins page, locate bPlugins Image Gallery and record the version number shown under the plugin nameAffected if The version is older than the latest patched version once released
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Review user accounts with low privilegesIn WordPress admin > Users, examine the list of users and note any accounts assigned roles such as Subscriber, Contributor, or other roles with limited capabilitiesAffected if Low-privilege user accounts exist in WordPress
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Test for unauthorized access capabilityUsing a low-privilege test account (subscriber/contributor), attempt to access plugin admin functions or gallery management endpoints that should require administrator privilegesAffected if The low-privilege user can access administrative plugin features without proper authorization
You are affected if the bPlugins Image Gallery plugin is installed and active with a vulnerable version, and any low-privilege user accounts exist who could potentially access restricted plugin functionality.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the plugin to the latest version once available, or implement proper capability checks and nonce verification around all sensitive functionality in the affected code paths.
Latest available version (newer than 1.0.7)
- 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- 3. Locate the 'Image Gallery block' (also listed as '3d-image-gallery') plugin
- 4. If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to install the latest version
- 5. After updating, verify the plugin is running on the newest release
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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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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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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