WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Contest Gallery < 28.0.3 - Missing Authorization

Description

The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 28.0.2. This is due to the plugin registering the `cg_check_wp_admin_upload_v10` AJAX action for both authenticated and unauthenticated users without implementing capability checks or nonce verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary WordPress media attachments into galleries and manipulate gallery metadata via the `cg_check_wp_admin_upload_v10` action. It does not enable an attacker to move or upload files.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 28.0.3

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
type5afe
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-11-14 (about 10 months ago)
Added
2025-11-14 (about 10 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-11-15 (about 10 months ago)

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