CVE-2024-11103: CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe
The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 24.0.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-11103 is a critical vulnerability in the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin (versions up to 24.0.7) caused by improper validation of user identity during password updates. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to reset passwords of arbitrary users, including administrators, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating network exploitable, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset passwords of any user, including administrators, resulting in full account takeover and complete compromise of the affected WordPress site. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the plugin or disable it if possible to prevent exploitation. Monitor for updates from the vendor and apply patches promptly once available.
CVE-2024-11103: CWE-640 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password in contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe
Description
The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 24.0.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-11103 is a critical vulnerability in the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin (versions up to 24.0.7) caused by improper validation of user identity during password updates. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to reset passwords of arbitrary users, including administrators, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism). The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.8, indicating network exploitable, no privileges required, no user interaction, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker to reset passwords of any user, including administrators, resulting in full account takeover and complete compromise of the affected WordPress site. This impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system and its data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the plugin or disable it if possible to prevent exploitation. Monitor for updates from the vendor and apply patches promptly once available.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-11-11T20:50:05.647Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6e07b7ef31ef0b593d9a
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:51 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 7:07:06 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 4:16:51 AM
Views: 27
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