CVE-2026-118041
Received
Received - Intake
Authenticated File Upload RCE in Contest Gallery WordPress Plugin
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-118041, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-11-11
Last updated on: 2026-11-11
Assigner: WPScan
Description
Description
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 34.0.3 does not sanitise the name of files uploaded through its e-commerce sale file-replacement feature, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to write files with an arbitrary name and extension to a web-accessible directory and, by overwriting the directory's protection file through the same flow, achieve Remote Code Execution.
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Contest Gallery | From 0 (inc) to 34.0.3 (exc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-434 | The product allows the upload or transfer of dangerous file types that are automatically processed within its environment. |
