TI-2024-10288 Aliases CVE-2024-11103 GHSA-2qxr-q4ff-f53j

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

MEDIUM 50CWE-640Published 2024-11-28 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-640.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00768 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer	Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe	up to 24.0.7	—	No fix listed	CNA

Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe VendorWasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Affected up to 24.0.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery::::::wordpress::*	before 24.0.8	Vulnerable	Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer

cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 24.0.8 Vulnerable ·Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11103
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qxr-q4ff-f53j

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3196011/contest-gallery/tags/24.0.8/v10/v10-admin/users/frontend/login/ajax/users-login-check-ajax-lost-password.php?old=3190068&old_path=contest-gallery%2Ftags%2F24.0.7%2Fv10%2Fv10-admin%2Fusers%2Ffrontend%2Flogin%2Fajax%2Fusers-login-check-ajax-lost-password.php

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0df7f413-2631-46d9-8c0b-d66f05a02c01?source=cve

Other 2

TI-2022-03804 Contest Gallery < 19.1.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-03802 Contest Gallery < 19.1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-26556 WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 23.1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2022-03797 Contest Gallery < 19.1.5 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2022-03812 Contest Gallery < 19.1.5 - Author+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2022-03811 Contest Gallery < 19.1.5 - Author+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

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Sources

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