The Photos and Files Contest Gallery – Contact Form, Upload Form, Social Share and Voting Competition Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in all versions up to, and including, 21.3.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
CVE-2024-30238 is a critical severity with CVSS 9.9 SQL Injection issue affecting the Plugin Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe. It affects Versions up to 21.3.2 and is fixed in 21.3.2.1.
CVE-2024-30238 is tracked for the Plugin Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe as critical severity with CVSS 9.9. The affected range is Versions up to 21.3.2. Update Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe to 21.3.2.1 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-2024-30238 |
| Patched Versions |
21.3.2.1
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 21.3.2
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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 <= 21.3.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
Contest Gallery <= 24.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover
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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