CVE-2026-16057

Contest Gallery < 30.0.7 - Author+ Arbitrary Post Deletion via post_cg_youtube_delete_from_library

Published Aug 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not perform per-object capability or nonce checks in one of its post-deletion handlers, gating it only by a coarse role-membership test, which allows any Author-level or higher user to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, and other content they do not own.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Contest-gallery
Contest-gallery contest Gallery
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Contest-gallery
Contest-gallery contest Gallery
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not perform per-object capability or nonce checks in one of its post-deletion handlers, gating it only by a coarse role-membership test, which allows any Author-level or higher user to permanently delete arbitrary posts, pages, and other content they do not own.
Title Contest Gallery < 30.0.7 - Author+ Arbitrary Post Deletion via post_cg_youtube_delete_from_library
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2026, 5:42 PM
Reserved
Jul 17, 2026, 12:05 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 3, 2026, 7:16 AM
Modified
Aug 26, 2026, 4:31 PM