CVE-2026-6566 PUBLISHED

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes <= 4.2.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Image Deletion via REST API

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 18.04.2026 Published: 20.05.2026 Updated: 20.05.2026

The Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to and including 4.2.0. This is due to insufficient object-level authorization in the image deletion REST flow where the permission callback for DELETE /imagely/v1/images/{id} only checks 'NextGEN Manage gallery' permissions and does not enforce gallery ownership or 'NextGEN Manage others gallery' permissions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level privileges and 'NextGEN Manage gallery' capability, to delete gallery images belonging to other users as well as their associated image files from disk when deleteImg is enabled (default).

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor smub
Product Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.2.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Bao Luu Gia Nguyen finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE