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ACF Photo Gallery Field vulnerabilities
ACF Photo Gallery Field has 3 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 19 Feb 2026.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 3
- Active installs
- 60,000+
- Latest version
- 3.1
- Last updated
- 26 Dec 2025
- Most recent
- 19 Feb 2026
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken access control CVE-2025-12081 | Medium 4.3 | Up to 3.0 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.1) | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Broken access control CVE-2023-3957 | Medium 4.3 | Up to 1.9 | Fixed in a later version (latest 3.1) | 27 Jul 2023 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-24909 | Medium 6.1 | Before 1.7.5 | Fixed in 1.7.5 | 17 Jan 2022 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2025-12081, 19 Feb 2026
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2023-3957, 27 Jul 2023
- 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. CVE record
- CVE-2021-24909, 17 Jan 2022
- 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 CVE record
What to do if you run ACF Photo Gallery Field
If you run ACF Photo Gallery Field, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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