WordPress Contest Gallery Plugin Broken Access Control Vulnerability

A broken access control vulnerability has been identified in the WordPress Contest Gallery plugin, affecting versions through 28.1.1. This vulnerability arises from missing authorization checks, which could allow an unprivileged user to perform actions reserved for higher privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could enable an unprivileged user to execute actions that require higher privileges, due to the lack of proper authorization checks.

Remediation

Users of the WordPress Contest Gallery plugin should update to version 28.1.2 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.