CVE-2025-12849
The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 28.0.2. This is due to the plugin registering the `cg_check_wp_admin_upload_v10` AJAX action for both authenticated and unauthenticated users without implementing capability checks or nonce verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary WordPress media attachments into galleries and manipulate gallery metadata via the `cg_check_wp_admin_upload_v10` action. It does not enable an attacker to move or upload files.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.32%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 23
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-862
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/include-functions-v10.php#L42
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/include-functions-v10.php#L47
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/include-functions-v10.php#L64
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/v10-admin/gallery/wp-uploader.php#L15
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/28.0.2/v10/v10-admin/gallery/wp-uploader.php#L173
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contest-gallery/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e000c4ad-43ec-4ad0-89f9-74e9e6d8b917?source=cve
JSON original (NVD)
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