CVE-2025-1513: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe
The Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery – Upload, Vote, Sell via PayPal or Stripe, Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Name and Comment field when commenting on photo gallery entries in all versions up to, and including, 26.0.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery WordPress plugin suffers from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) identified as CVE-2025-1513. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts through the Name and Comment fields when commenting on photo gallery entries. The root cause is insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in all versions up to 26.0.0.1. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, with scope changed and low impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability. No patch or vendor advisory is currently provided.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to inject and store malicious scripts that execute in the context of users viewing the affected pages. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session tokens, or other malicious actions performed on behalf of the victim user. The impact affects confidentiality and integrity but does not affect availability. No known exploits in the wild have been reported to date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch is available, users should consider disabling the plugin or restricting access to the affected functionality to trusted users only. Monitoring vendor channels for updates is recommended.
CVE-2025-1513: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe
Description
The Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery – Upload, Vote, Sell via PayPal or Stripe, Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Name and Comment field when commenting on photo gallery entries in all versions up to, and including, 26.0.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Photos, Files, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Ecommerce Contest Gallery WordPress plugin suffers from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) identified as CVE-2025-1513. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts through the Name and Comment fields when commenting on photo gallery entries. The root cause is insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in all versions up to 26.0.0.1. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, with scope changed and low impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability. No patch or vendor advisory is currently provided.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to inject and store malicious scripts that execute in the context of users viewing the affected pages. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session tokens, or other malicious actions performed on behalf of the victim user. The impact affects confidentiality and integrity but does not affect availability. No known exploits in the wild have been reported to date.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a patch is available, users should consider disabling the plugin or restricting access to the affected functionality to trusted users only. Monitoring vendor channels for updates is recommended.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-02-20T19:42:12.399Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6b14b7ef31ef0b54de55
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:35:16 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:23:30 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 8:43:52 AM
Views: 19
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