What is GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8x?

GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8x cover?

GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16055. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8x?

GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8x has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8xHighCVSS 7.5

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not route its front-end login through...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16055
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fa83e5a0-ed6a-4043-8df3-8654bb354a99
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2hg-mp68-hg8x