CVE-2026-107120 (GCVE-0-2026-107120)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-10 06:00 – Updated: 2026-10-10 12:06
VLAI
Title
Contest Gallery < 33.0.1 - Unauthenticated Email Verification Bypass via Brute-Forceable Registration PIN
Summary
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 33.0.1 does not limit the number of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the PIN and create and activate a WordPress account bound to an email address they do not own, gaining an authenticated session.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-10 12:02 UTC
CWE
Assigner
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1652 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13853303-741e-4f… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Contest Gallery Affected: 0 , < 33.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
Akshat Parikh (SN1PER) WPScan
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