Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2026· Updated Aug 5, 2026
Contest Gallery < 30.0.7 - Unauthenticated Login-Protection and 2FA Bypass via post_cg_login
CVE-2026-16055
Description
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <30.0.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa83e5a0-ed6a-4043-8df3-8654bb354a99/mitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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