CVE-2026-16055 — Contest Gallery < 30.0.7 - Unauthenticated Login-Protection and 2FA Bypass via post_cg_login
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through the standard WordPress authentication flow, issuing an authentication cookie direc…
Published: 2026-08-05 · CVSS: 7.5 · CVSS 3.1
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through the standard WordPress authentication flow, issuing an authentication cookie directly after the password check, which bypasses installed brute-force-protection and two-factor-authentication Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 and enables unlimited, unthrottled password guessing against any account (including administrators) up to full account takeover.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7