WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Contest Gallery < 33.0.1 - Unauthenticated Email Verification Bypass via Brute-Forceable Registration PIN
Description
The plugin does not limit the number of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the PIN and create and activate a WordPress account bound to an email address they do not own, gaining an authenticated session.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
AUTHBYPASS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Akshat Parikh (SN1PER)
Submitter
Akshat Parikh (SN1PER)
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-08 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-08 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-08 (about 1 day ago)