ACF Photo Gallery Field: known security problems
4 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 4 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 3.1 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
Based on public reports. Check the plugin’s changelog. Watchfox AI may be wrong.
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Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 3.0
- Fixed in
- 3.1
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update ACF Photo Gallery Field to version 3.1 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-12081
- Report title
- ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 3.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Attachment Metadata Modification
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.6
- Fixed in
- 2.7
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update ACF Photo Gallery Field to version 2.7 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-23518
- Report title
- ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 2.6 - Missing Authorization in apgf_update_donation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.9
- Fixed in
- 2.0
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update ACF Photo Gallery Field to version 2.0 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-3957
- Report title
- ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 1.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Usermeta Update
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 1.7.4
- Fixed in
- 1.7.5
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update ACF Photo Gallery Field to version 1.7.5 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2021-24909
- Report title
- ACF Photo Gallery Field <= 1.7.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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