Stored cross-site scripting in Contest Gallery - Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress - CVE-2025-3862

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Stored cross-site scripting in Contest Gallery - Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress - CVE-2025-3862

Published: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108921
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-3862
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Contest Gallery
Affected software:
Contest Gallery - Photo Contest Plugin for WordPress

Detailed vulnerability description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "id" parameter. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-3862

Install updates from vendor's website.

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