CVE-2026-16055

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Aug 26, 2026

Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through the standard WordPress authentication flow, issuing an authentication cookie directly after the password check, which bypasses installed brute-force-protection and two-factor-authentication Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 and enables unlimited, unthrottled password guessing against any account (including administrators) up to full account takeover.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
UnknownContest Gallery< 30.0.7

References

Timeline

Published
Aug 5, 2026
Last modified
Aug 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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CVE-2026-16055: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix