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CVE-2026-16055
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through the standard WordPress authentication flow, issuing an authentica…
Impact
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through the standard WordPress authentication flow, issuing an authentication cookie directly after the password check, which bypasses installed brute-force-protection and two-factor-authentication Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 and enables unlimited, unthrottled password guessing against any account (including administrators) up to full account takeover.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Contest Gallery WordPress Plugin | before 30.0.7 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.