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CVE-2021-24915: The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 13.1.0.6 does not have capability checks and does not sanitise or escape the cg-search-user-name-original parameter before using it in a SQL statement when

critical Affects contest-gallery (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 13.1.0.6 does not have capability checks and does not sanitise or escape the cg-search-user-name-original parameter before using it in a SQL statement when

Package
contest-gallery (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<13.1.0.6
Fixed in
13.1.0.6
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 12% (96.1th percentile)
Published
2021-11-29
Source
nvd

References

CWE-89
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