The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 34.0.3 does not sanitise the name of files uploaded through its e-commerce sale file-replacement feature, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to write files with an arbitrary name and extension to a web-accessible directory and, by overwriting the directory's protection file through the same flow, achieve Remote Code Execution.
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Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions contest Gallery
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions contest Gallery

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-434
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 11 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 34.0.3 does not sanitise the name of files uploaded through its e-commerce sale file-replacement feature, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to write files with an arbitrary name and extension to a web-accessible directory and, by overwriting the directory's protection file through the same flow, achieve Remote Code Execution.
Title Contest Gallery < 34.0.3 - Author+ Arbitrary File Upload via Ecommerce Sale File Replacement
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-11T11:41:04.451Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T15:05:31.497Z

Link: CVE-2026-118041

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-11T11:24:21.992Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-11T06:17:14.767

Modified: 2026-11-12T18:49:18.840

Link: CVE-2026-118041

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-13T06:15:16Z

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