WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-16056 Received

Contest Gallery exposes the complete OpenAI prompt history to Subscribers

Contest Gallery before 30.0.7 omits both capability and nonce checks from a handler that returns the site's stored OpenAI prompt history. Any authenticated user, including a Subscriber, can invoke it and read every retained prompt, which may contain private instructions or submitted content. The public advisory does not disclose the handler route, action, callback or response schema.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Contest Gallery
Plugin slug
contest-gallery
Affected
< 30.0.7
Safe version
30.0.7
Published
Aug 04, 2026
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Aug 04, 2026 and is one of 60 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Contest Gallery to 30.0.7 or later. Review low-privilege access to the affected handler and treat secrets or private content included in stored prompts as potentially disclosed.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

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

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not perform any capability or nonce check in one of its handlers, allowing any authenticated user down to Subscriber to read the site's entire stored OpenAI prompt history.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources