Contest Gallery < 13.1.0.6 - Missing Access Controls to Unauthenticated SQL injection / Email Address Disclosure

published 2021-11-29 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11827

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 12.0%; EPSS 12.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 13.1.0.6 does not have capability checks and does not sanitise or escape the cg-search-user-name-original parameter before using it in a SQL statement when exporting users from a gallery, which could allow unauthenticated to perform SQL injections attacks, as well as get the list of all users registered on the blog, including their username and email address

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

contest_gallery contest_gallery 13.1.0.6

Exploit prediction

12.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template Contest Gallery < 13.1.0.6 - SQL injection nuclei detection template
wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Unknown Contest Gallery – Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac
exploit, third-party-advisory
gist.github.com /tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-24915
NVD CVE-2021-24915

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Summary