A vulnerability has been found in Contest Gallery Plugin and Contest Gallery Pro Plugin on WordPress (Photo Gallery Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file 4_activate.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument addCountS with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the addCountS POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in 4_activate.php. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.

The weakness was shared 12/26/2022. The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-4166 since 11/28/2022. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:4_activate.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 19.1.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-250890, VDB-252223, VDB-254429 and VDB-254435 are related to this item.

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• Contest Gallery Pro Plugin

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