CVE-2024-43283 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-43283: WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 23.1.2 - Unauthenticated Comment UserID And IP address Disclosure vulnerability

Vendor Wasiliy Strecker / Contestgallery Developer

Product Contest Gallery

Weakness CWE-201

Published August 26, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery contest-gallery.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through <= 23.1.2.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Contest Gallery versions up to 23.1.2 expose sensitive information that can be accessed over the network without authentication. An attacker can retrieve this data directly without needing to log in or interact with a user. The vulnerability affects all installations of the affected versions and requires immediate patching.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information from the site without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Confidential data may be exposed to anyone on the internet who knows where to look.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the site; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 26, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43283 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/201.html AskarLabs — CWE-201 write-up Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2024-43283

CWE CWE-201

CVSS 5.3 / MEDIUM

Affected versions