WordPress Contest Gallery Plugin <= 28.1.2.1 is vulnerable to a medium priority Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
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CVSS 6.4This vulnerability is moderately dangerous and expected to become exploited. Vulnerabilities like this one are used in mass-exploit campaigns. Attackers use these to attack thousands of websites at a time, regardless of traffic size or popularity. Learn more.
As immediate action, update the affected plugin. If you're unable to do so, ask your hosting provider or web developer for help.
6.4
Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
This could allow a malicious actor to cause a website to execute website requests to an arbitrary domain of the attacker. This could allow a malicious actor to find sensitive information of other services running on the system.
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Update to version 28.1.2.2 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
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9 Dec, 2025