CVE-2026-107120 (GCVE-0-2026-107120)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-10 06:00 – Updated: 2026-10-10 06:00
VLAI
Title
Contest Gallery < 33.0.1 - Unauthenticated Email Verification Bypass via Brute-Forceable Registration PIN
Summary
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 33.0.1 does not limit the number of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the PIN and create and activate a WordPress account bound to an email address they do not own, gaining an authenticated session.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13853303-741e-4f… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Contest Gallery Affected: 0 , < 33.0.1 (semver)
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Credits
Akshat Parikh (SN1PER) WPScan
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