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CVE-2026-16057

MEDIUM 6.5 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 3, 2026
Last modified
August 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-862
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not perform per-object capability or nonce checks in one of its post-deletion handlers, gating it only by a coarse role-membership test, which allows any Author-level or higher user to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, and other content they do not own.

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/77b00d40-7188-466e-b021-105f7a91f89e/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record