Vote restriction bypass in Contest Gallery WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-290.
Summary
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 34.0.1 does not reliably validate the visitor identity used to enforce its one-vote-per-entry restriction. It trusts a client-supplied request header and an unbound client-generated token (CWE-290). An unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass the restriction and cast multiple votes for the same contest entry, inflating its vote total.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 34.0.1 does not reliably validate the visitor identity used to enforce its one-vote-per-entry restriction, trusting a client-supplied request header and an unbound client-generated token, which allows unauthenticated users to bypass the restriction and cast multiple votes for the same contest entry, inflating its vote total.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Contest Gallery | before 34.0.1 | 34.0.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Contest Gallery VendorUnknown Affected before 34.0.1 Fixed in 34.0.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Contest Gallery to version 34.0.1 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Contest Gallery (Unknown) Fixed in 34.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-107447
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-7q93-xmpc-48mr
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-107447 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-107447 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7q93-xmpc-48mr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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