The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 24.0.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
CVE-2024-11103 is a critical severity with CVSS 9.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe. It affects Versions up to 24.0.7 and is fixed in 24.0.8.
CVE-2024-11103 is tracked for the Plugin Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe as critical severity with CVSS 9.8. The affected range is Versions up to 24.0.7. Update Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe to 24.0.8 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
contest-gallery
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-11103 |
| Patched Versions |
24.0.8
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 24.0.7
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Photos and Files Contest Gallery <= 21.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
Photos and Files Contest Gallery <= 21.3.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery – Upload, Vote, Sell via PayPal, Social Share Buttons <= 24.0.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Contest Gallery – Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress <= 13.1.0.5 - SQL Injection
Contest Gallery (Pro) <= 19.1.5 - SQL Injection via option_id
Contest Gallery <= 17.0.4 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection
Contest Gallery – Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress <= 10.4.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Contest Gallery <= 28.1.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation Admin Account Takeover via Registration Confirmation Email-to-ID Type Confusion
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