CVE-2024-11103 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in Contest Gallery
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 28
Description
The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 24.0.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages1 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2CVEList▶
Contest Gallery <= 24.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover↗2024-11-28
GHSA▶
GHSA-2qxr-q4ff-f53j: The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 24↗2024-11-28