The Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 28.1.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application which can be used to query and modify information from internal services.
CVE-2026-24964 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Server-Side Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe. It affects Versions up to 28.1.2.1 and is fixed in 28.1.2.2.
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CVE-2026-24964 is tracked for the Plugin Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions up to 28.1.2.1. Update Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe to 28.1.2.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
contest-gallery
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-24964 |
| Patched Versions |
28.1.2.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 28.1.2.1
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