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CVE-2026-16055

HIGH 7.5 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 5, 2026
Last modified
August 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-287
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through the standard WordPress authentication flow, issuing an authentication cookie directly after the password check, which bypasses installed brute-force-protection and two-factor-authentication Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 and enables unlimited, unthrottled password guessing against any account (including administrators) up to full account takeover.

Affected WordPress components

  • Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe Plugin · contest-gallery
    Confirmed match Active
    Before 30.0.7
    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 — Before 30.0.7

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa83e5a0-ed6a-4043-8df3-8654bb354a99/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record