WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2019-5974 Modified

Contest Gallery: Cross-site request forgery

Contest Gallery is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS · vultures@jpcert.or.jp
NVD score 8.8 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Contest Gallery
Plugin slug
contest-gallery
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Jul 05, 2019
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Jul 05, 2019 and is one of 55 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Contest Gallery to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Contest Gallery versions prior to 10.4.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources