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Contest Gallery CVE-2026-8912

| EUVD-2026-30893 HIGH
SQL Injection (CWE-89)
2026-05-19 Wordfence GHSA-7v7x-p7vg-p2vc
7.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
Analysis Generated
May 19, 2026 - 13:00 vuln.today

DescriptionNVD

The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'form_input' parameter in versions up to, and including, 28.1.6. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query inside the unauthenticated 'post_cg_gallery_form_upload' AJAX action (specifically the 'cb' branch of the included users-upload-check.php, where $f_input_id is concatenated unquoted into 'SELECT Field_Content FROM ... WHERE id = $f_input_id'). The endpoint is gated only by a public frontend nonce ('cg1l_action' / 'cg_nonce') that is exposed in the page source of any public gallery page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

AnalysisAI

SQL injection in the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin (versions through 28.1.6) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to extract sensitive database contents by abusing the 'form_input' parameter handled by the 'post_cg_gallery_form_upload' AJAX action. The endpoint is gated only by a public nonce that is exposed in the page source of any public gallery page, effectively offering no protection against external attackers. …

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RemediationAI

24 hours: Identify all WordPress sites using Contest Gallery plugin and document versions in use. 7 days: Disable the plugin entirely or implement Web Application Firewall rules to block the vulnerable POST action at admin-ajax.php with the 'post_cg_gallery_form_upload' parameter. …

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CVE-2026-8912 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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