Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 3, 2026· Updated Aug 4, 2026
Contest Gallery < 30.0.7 - Author+ Arbitrary Post Deletion via post_cg_youtube_delete_from_library
CVE-2026-16057
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <30.0.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/77b00d40-7188-466e-b021-105f7a91f89e/mitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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