Contest Gallery <= 24.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 49% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 24.0.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
contest-gallery · Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & StripeReferences
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/trunk/v10/v10-admin/users/frontend/login/ajax/users-login-check-ajax-lost-password.php#L31https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/trunk/v10/v10-admin/users/frontend/login/ajax/users-login-check-ajax-password-reset.php#L88https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3196011/contest-gallery/tags/24.0.8/v10/v10-admin/users/frontend/login/ajax/users-login-check-ajax-lost-password.php?old=3190068&old_path=contest-gallery%2Ftags%2F24.0.7%2Fv10%2Fv10-admin%2Fusers%2Ffrontend%2Flogin%2Fajax%2Fusers-login-check-ajax-lost-password.phphttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0df7f413-2631-46d9-8c0b-d66f05a02c01?source=cve