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Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe <= 28.1.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2026-42656 · contest-gallery

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Vulnerability: Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe <= 28.1.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Affected software: contest-gallery(Plugin)
Affected versions: ≤ 28.1.6
Authentication: Authenticated (see advisory title)
Vulnerability type: Cross-site scripting
CVE: CVE-2026-42656
Published: 29 April 2026
CISA KEV: Not listed in CISA KEV at last catalog refresh
Impact: May allow attackers to run scripts in visitors' browsers or hijack admin sessions.
Source: Data imported from Wordfence Intelligence (advisory a1525119-732d-4948-9c33-75e9f3517c0d). Methodology and redistribution notes

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