Contest Gallery – Files Upload and Contest Plugin for WordPress <= 17.0.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection

7.2
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published June 1, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024

Description

The Contest Gallery – Files Upload and Contest Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ID variable supplied via the post_contest_gallery_action_ajax AJAX action. This can only be exploited by administrative-level users and above to extract sensitive information from the database.

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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 17.0.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 17.0.4
Patched Version
  • 17.0.5

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