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Contest Gallery <= 28.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 28.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Published
Oct 12, 2025
Last Updated
Oct 30, 2025
Slug
contest-gallery
Detailed Metadata
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug
contest-gallery View on wordpress.org
CVE CVE-2025-62950
Patched Versions
28.0.1
Affected Versions
*-28.0.0
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