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CVE-2024-13822: The Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest WordPress plugin through 2.8.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Script

medium Affects totalcontest (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest WordPress plugin through 2.8.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Script

Package
totalcontest (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.9.0
Fixed in
2.9.0
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (27.6th percentile)
Published
2025-02-24
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordtotalcontest (WordPress plugin) advisories

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