CVE-2026-6566
Description
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).
Affected WordPress components
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery Plugin · nextgen-galleryUp to and including 4.2.0View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- smub Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery — Up to and including 4.2.0
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3533432/nextgen-gallery
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/439809ad-21ea-4a0b-b1fd-5de9f8f5ee7a?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record