CVE-2025-12849

MEDIUM

Contest Gallery <28.0.2 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 28.0.2. This is due to the plugin registering the `cg_check_wp_admin_upload_v10` AJAX action for both authenticated and unauthenticated users without implementing capability checks or nonce verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary WordPress media attachments into galleries and manipulate gallery metadata via the `cg_check_wp_admin_upload_v10` action. It does not enable an attacker to move or upload files.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 19.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (2)
contest-gallery/Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe < 28.0.2
contest-gallery/Contest Gallery – Upload, Vote & Sell with PayPal and Stripe < 28.0.2
Published Nov 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026