Contest Gallery <= 24.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover

9.8
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
CVE CVE-2024-11103
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published November 27, 2024
Last Updated November 28, 2024
Researcher shaman0x01 - Shaman Red Team

Description

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.

References

Share

Vulnerability Details for Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery – Upload, Vote, Sell via PayPal, Social Share Buttons

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug contest-gallery (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 24.0.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 24.0.7
Patched Version
  • 24.0.8

Did you know Wordfence Intelligence provides free personal and commercial API access to our comprehensive WordPress vulnerability database, along with a free webhook integration to stay on top of the latest vulnerabilities added and updated in the database? Get started today!

Learn more

Want to get notified of the latest vulnerabilities that may affect your WordPress site?
Install Wordfence on your site today to get notified immediately if your site is affected by a vulnerability that has been added to our database.

Get Wordfence

The Wordfence Intelligence WordPress vulnerability database is completely free to access and query via API. Please review the documentation on how to access and consume the vulnerability data via API.

Documentation