CVE-2025-22693 HIGH

CVE-2025-22693: WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 25.1.0 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Vendor Wasiliy Strecker / Contestgallery Developer
Product Contest Gallery
Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi
Published February 3, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

7.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery contest-gallery allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through <= 25.1.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Contest Gallery versions up to 25.1.0 contain a SQL injection vulnerability accessible to high-privilege users. An attacker with administrative or elevated permissions can inject malicious SQL queries through unfiltered input, potentially reading sensitive database records. The vulnerability also impacts system availability. A patch version has not been publicly identified.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the site database and degrade system performance.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators or compromised admin accounts can extract database contents; availability may be affected.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level administrative or privileged user account on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 3, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated