CVE-2026-42680

WordPress Contest Gallery Pro plugin <= 29.0.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 9.8 Critical
Published: Jun 1, 2026
Updated: Jun 1, 2026
Reserved: Apr 29, 2026

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery Pro allows Privilege Escalation.

This issue affects Contest Gallery Pro: from n/a through 29.0.1.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Contest Gallery ProWasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer	29.0.1 and earlierAffectedfrom 29.0.2Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/contest-gallery-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-contest-gallery-pro-plugin-29-0-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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