---
id: CVE-2025-12494
title: >-
  The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation
  in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28
summary: >-
  The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is
  vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation
  in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including,
  2.12.28. This ma…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-285
published: '2025-11-15'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12494'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L554
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L567
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L589
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/modula-best-grid-gallery/tags/2.12.26/includes/admin/class-modula-gallery-upload.php#L597
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3391790/modula-best-grid-gallery/trunk?contextall=1&old=3390878&old_path=%2Fmodula-best-grid-gallery%2Ftrunk
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2025-12494/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca423309-d8bd-46a4-9e88-9534d9c60b4a?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00241
epssPercentile: 0.13924
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:15.044Z'
---

## Overview

The Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the ajax_import_file function in all versions up to, and including, 2.12.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to move arbitrary image files on the server.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.