CVE-2026-107120 | BDVDB-2026-385488 Detail

Contest Gallery

Description#

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 33.0.1 does not limit the number of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the PIN and create and activate a WordPress account bound to an email address they do not own, gaining an authenticated session.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13853303-741e-4f87-8543-d5d825d20e8e/

Exploit#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13853303-741e-4f87-8543-d5d825d20e8e/

History#

Version 12026-10-10Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-10-10
Last modified: 2026-10-10

Vendor information

Vendor: Not stated
Product: Contest Gallery

Score

5.3 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 12.7.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Authentication Issues

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 33.0.1
Fixed
33.0.1

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

5.3 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).