CVE-2024-32778

WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 21.3.4 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

Severity Score

8.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Contest Gallery.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through 21.3.4.

Vulnerabilidad de falta de autorización en Contest Gallery. Este problema afecta a Contest Gallery: desde n/a hasta 21.3.4.

The Photos and Files Contest Gallery – Contact Form, Upload Form, Social Share and Voting Competition Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 21.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files.

*Credits: CatFather (Patchstack Alliance)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-04-18 CVE Reserved
2024-04-22 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/contest-gallery/wordpress-contest-gallery-plugin-21-3-4-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Contest Gallery Search vendor "Contest Gallery"		Contest Gallery Search vendor "Contest Gallery" for product "Contest Gallery"				>= 0.0.0 <= 21.3.4 Search vendor "Contest Gallery" for product "Contest Gallery" and version " >= 0.0.0 <= 21.3.4"		en		Affected