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CVE-2021-24915

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
November 29, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-89
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 13.1.0.6 does not have capability checks and does not sanitise or escape the cg-search-user-name-original parameter before using it in a SQL statement when exporting users from a gallery, which could allow unauthenticated to perform SQL injections attacks, as well as get the list of all users registered on the blog, including their username and email address

Affected WordPress components

  • Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe Plugin · contest-gallery
    Confirmed match Active
    From 13.1.0.6 (including) to 13.1.0.6 (excluding)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Contest Gallery – Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress — From 13.1.0.6 (including) to 13.1.0.6 (excluding)
  • contest_gallery contest_gallery — Before 13.1.0.6

References

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record