Unauthorized Account Creation Vulnerability in Contest Gallery WordPress Plugin
CVE-2026-107120
Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Status
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 10 October 2026
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What is CVE-2026-107120?
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin prior to version 33.0.1 is vulnerable to a brute-force attack during its front-end registration email-verification process. This vulnerability occurs due to the absence of restrictions on the number of attempts to enter a short numeric PIN. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this weakness to repeatedly guess the PIN, enabling them to create and activate a WordPress account associated with an email address they do not control, thereby gaining unauthorized access to the system.
Affected Version(s)
Contest Gallery 0 < 33.0.1
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.