WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 28.1.2.2 - Account Takeover vulnerability

Summary

CVECVE-2026-25035
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerPatchstack
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-25 17:16:43 UTC
Updated2026-03-30 13:27:12 UTC
DescriptionAuthentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery contest-gallery allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through <= 28.1.2.2.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.000660000 probability, percentile 0.204600000 (date 2026-04-01)

Problem Types: CWE-288 | CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Wasiliy Strecker ContestGallery Developer Contest Gallery affected n/a <= 28.1.2.2 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/contest-gallery/vulnerability/wordp... [email protected] patchstack.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: daroo | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program (en)

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