What is GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqg?

GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqg is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not perform per-object capability or...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqg cover?

GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqg covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16057. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqg?

GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqg has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqgMediumCVSS 6.5

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not perform per-object capability or...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 3, 2026

Last Modified

August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16057
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/77b00d40-7188-466e-b021-105f7a91f89e
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pwq7-3xxm-qxqg