Auth bypass in Contest Gallery
CVE-2026-16055
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-f…
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Unknown Contest Gallery — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-16055?
- CVE-2026-16055 is a high-severity vulnerability in Contest Gallery, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-05.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16055?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.