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medium 6.5

CVE-2026-42656 json

WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 28.1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 4mo ago modified 15d ago also EUVD-2026-36821

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Subscriber Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Contest Gallery <= 28.1.6 versions.

Patch / fix

  • Wasiliy Strecker Contest Gallery 29.0.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • Wasiliy Strecker Contest Gallery

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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