Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest: Cross-site scripting
Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest
- Plugin slug
totalcontest- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Feb 24, 2025
This CVE was published Feb 24, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest 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
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 Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N