Gmedia Photo Gallery <= 1.6.4 — Denial of Service
a161bd23-0b82-49ef-b3cc-a117823ec8a7Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.6.5Update to 1.6.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Gmedia Photo Gallery grand-media
- Affected< 1.6.5
- Patched in1.6.5
Update to 1.6.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.6.5. Version 1.6.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Gmedia Photo Gallery.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.6.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Gmedia Photo Gallery to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chad Seaman.
The Gmedia Photo Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This is due to improper redirect handling. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send requests that recursively call 301 redirects, rendering the server unavailable.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Gmedia Photo Gallery
All 12| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'gmedia__in' Parameter ≤1.25.1No patch available | CVE-2026-96661 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤1.25.1Update to 1.25.2 | CVE-2026-39785 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.25.1Update to 1.25.2 | CVE-2025-63014 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion ≤1.23.0Update to 1.24.0 | CVE-2025-53257 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting <1.20.0Update to 1.20.0 | CVE-2022-0873 |
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'gmedia__in' Parameter
≤1.25.1No patch available
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤1.25.1Update to 1.25.2
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.25.1Update to 1.25.2
- High7.5Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
≤1.23.0Update to 1.24.0
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<1.20.0Update to 1.20.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.