Vulnerability in Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2025-14170)
Summary
Vulnerability in Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2025-14170). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via vimeogallery_admin.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The Vimeo SimpleGallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 0.2. This is due to missing authorization checks on the vimeogallery_admin function hooked to admin_menu. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to modify arbitrary plugin settings via the action parameter.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-14170 has been found in Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin).
Attackers can target a specific entry point like vimeogallery_admin over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin) CVE-2025-14170" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-14170 (Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin)) — CWE-862 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: vimeogallery_admin / admin_menu / action
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-862) exists in Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin). Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via vimeogallery_admin.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin). Attack surface: vimeogallery_admin / admin_menu / action.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Vimeo SimpleGallery (WordPress plugin) を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。