Auth bypass in Contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell With Paypal Stripe
CVE-2025-12849
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 un…
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
EPSS: 0.002 (42.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e000c4ad-43ec-4ad0-89f9-74e9e…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/include-func…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/include-func…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/include-func…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/v10-admin/ga…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/v10-admin/ga…
- wordpress.org/plugins/contest-gallery/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-12849?
- CVE-2025-12849 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell With Paypal Stripe, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-11-15.
- How severe is CVE-2025-12849?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.