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CVE-2026-16586

MEDIUM 6.5

Contest Gallery <= 30.0.6 - Authenticated (Author+) Second-Order SQL Injection via MultipleFiles Second-Order Payload via 'cg_multiple_files_for_post' -> 'cgRealId'

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Second-Order SQL Injection via MultipleFiles Second-Order Payload via 'cg_multiple_files_for_post' -> 'cgRealId' in all versions up to, and including, 30.0.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CWE CWE-89
Vendor contest-gallery
Product contest gallery – upload & vote photos, media, sell with paypal & stripe
Published Aug 15, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

contest-gallery / Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe
0 ≤ 30.0.7

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/294e1822-b92c-48a4-bfc6-5a89cfbe0bc7?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.6/ajax/ajax-functions-backend.php#L310 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.7/ajax/ajax-functions-backend.php#L310 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.7/ajax/ajax-functions-backend.php#L286 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.7/ajax/ajax-functions-backend.php#L135 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.7/v10/v10-admin/gallery/change-gallery/0_change-gallery.php#L475 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.7/v10/v10-admin/gallery/change-gallery/0_change-gallery.php#L683 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.6/ajax/ajax-functions-backend.php#L286 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.6/ajax/ajax-functions-backend.php#L135 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.6/v10/v10-admin/gallery/change-gallery/0_change-gallery.php#L475 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contest-gallery/tags/30.0.6/v10/v10-admin/gallery/change-gallery/0_change-gallery.php#L683 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3631928%40contest-gallery&new=3631928%40contest-gallery

Credits

Wordfence PRISM