CVE-2025-27276
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the lizeipe Photo Gallery (Responsive) WordPress plugin allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions. Successful exploitation enables privilege escalation, potentially granting attackers administrative access. This affects all WordPress sites running Photo Gallery (Responsive) plugin versions up to 4.0.
💻 Affected Systems
- lizeipe Photo Gallery (Responsive) WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers gain full administrative control over the WordPress site, allowing them to install backdoors, modify content, steal data, or take complete control of the server.
Likely Case
Attackers escalate privileges to administrator level, then install malicious plugins/themes, create backdoor accounts, or deface the website.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and user awareness, exploitation attempts fail, maintaining normal administrative access controls.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick an authenticated administrator into performing actions via CSRF.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 4.0
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Photo Gallery (Responsive)' and check if update is available. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. If no update appears, manually download latest version from WordPress repository and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement CSRF Protection Headers
allAdd Content Security Policy headers to help prevent CSRF attacks
Add to .htaccess: Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline';"
Add to nginx config: add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline';";
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable the Photo Gallery (Responsive) plugin completely until patched
- Implement strict access controls and monitor administrator account activity for suspicious behavior
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for 'Photo Gallery (Responsive)' version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name='photo-gallery-pearlbells' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is greater than 4.0 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual privilege escalation events in WordPress logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful admin login from new IP
- Plugin activation/deactivation logs showing unexpected changes
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with privilege escalation parameters
- Requests containing 'action=photo_gallery_pearlbells' with unexpected parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("privilege escalation" OR "admin role changed" OR "user role modified")