CVE-2026-16055

Estado: AplazadaAlta (7.5)—

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through the standard WordPress authentication flow, issuing an authentication cookie directly after the password check, which bypasses installed brute-force-protection and two-factor-authentication Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 and enables unlimited, unthrottled password guessing against any account (including administrators) up to full account takeover.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 7.5

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.42%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 34
Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026

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).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement75 %
Impacto principalT1078 Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access90 %
Impacto secundarioT1098 Account Manipulationpersistence · privilege escalation70 %

AV:N con PR:L indica explotación de servicio remoto (T1210). Bypass de autenticación y cookie directo permiten takeover de cuentas (T1078) y potencial modificación de cuentas administrativas (T1098).

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Privileged Account Management User Account Management Network Segmentation Multi-factor Authentication Disable or Remove Feature or Program Application Developer Guidance

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

Contest-gallery — Contest Gallery^AI

CWE

CWE-287

Referencias

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa83e5a0-ed6a-4043-8df3-8654bb354a99/

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