CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-12165
The Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 30.0.2 via the `RegistryUserRole` parameter. This is due to the plugin's admin menu being registered at the `edit_posts` capability level — granting Contributor-level users access to the plugin's admin pages and a valid `cg_admin` nonce — while the option-saving handler in `change-options-and-sizes.php` performs no `current_
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe","vendor":"contest-gallery","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"30.0.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0c0a1186cd4617436b89f33de79b3782a5ca6a22a19ef1e47c3d5b1a8ea12a49 · sha256:9d8caead56ef4591… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.2/functions/google/cg-create-wp-user-from-google-user.php#L169"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.2/index.php#L407"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.2/v10/v10-admin/options/change-options-and-sizes.php#L1242"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0c0a1186cd4617436b89f33de79b3782a5ca6a22a19ef1e47c3d5b1a8ea12a49 · sha256:9d8caead56ef4591… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.2/v10/v10-admin/options/change-options-and-sizes.php#L16"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0c0a1186cd4617436b89f33de79b3782a5ca6a22a19ef1e47c3d5b1a8ea12a49 · sha256:9d8caead56ef4591… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3571733%40contest-gallery&new=3571733%40contest-gallery&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0c0a1186cd4617436b89f33de79b3782a5ca6a22a19ef1e47c3d5b1a8ea12a49 · sha256:9d8caead56ef4591… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69b909da-b1b0-4dab-916c-908511f6556f?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:0c0a1186cd4617436b89f33de79b3782a5ca6a22a19ef1e47c3d5b1a8ea12a49 · sha256:9d8caead56ef4591… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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