Contest Gallery Pro <= 29.0.1 — Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-42680Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤29.0.1Update to 29.0.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Contest Gallery Pro contest-gallery-pro
- Affected≤ 29.0.1
- Patched in29.0.2
Update to 29.0.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 29.0.1. Version 29.0.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Contest Gallery Pro.
- 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 29.0.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Contest Gallery Pro to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to daroo.
The Contest Gallery Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 29.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
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
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All 18| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection via user_id ≤19.1.5Update to 19.1.5.1 | CVE-2022-4156 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via cg_option_id ≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5 | CVE-2022-4157 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via wp_user_id ≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5 | CVE-2022-4155 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via cg_multiple_files_for_post ≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5 | CVE-2022-4164 | |
| High7.5 | Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via cg_copy_id ≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5 | CVE-2022-4160 |
- High8.1Unauthenticated SQL Injection via user_id
≤19.1.5Update to 19.1.5.1
- High7.5Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via cg_option_id
≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5
- High7.5Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via wp_user_id
≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5
- High7.5Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via cg_multiple_files_for_post
≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5
- High7.5Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via cg_copy_id
≤19.1.4.1Update to 19.1.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- 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.