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.
Published: 2026-11-11
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-434
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Contest Gallery < 34.0.3 - Author+ Arbitrary File Upload via Ecommerce Sale File Replacement
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-11T11:41:04.451Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T15:05:31.497Z

Link: CVE-2026-118041

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-11T06:17:14.767

Modified: 2026-11-11T12:18:58.480

Link: CVE-2026-118041

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