CVE-2026-107120CWE-287
CVE-2026-107120
Medium · published October 10, 2026
What it is
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 33.0.1 does not limit the number of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the PIN and create and activate a WordPress account bound to an email address they do not own, gaining an authenticated session.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS v3.1
- 5.3 · MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00221 · 12.0th percentile
- Weakness
- CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
- Published
- 2026-10-10T10:16Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
11 OCT 03:27Z
EPSS moved — → 0%
epss
10 OCT 06:00Z
Contest Gallery < 33.0.1 - Unauthenticated Email Verification Bypass via Brute-Forceable Registration PIN
cvelistv5
10 OCT 06:00Z
Contest Gallery < 33.0.1 - Unauthenticated Email Verification Bypass via Brute-Forceable Registration PIN
cvelistv5