---
id: CVE-2026-107120
title: >-
  The Contest Gallery  WordPress plugin before 33.0.1 does not limit the number
  of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which
  relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to
  brute-force …
summary: >-
  The Contest Gallery  WordPress plugin before 33.0.1 does not limit the number
  of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which
  relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to
  brute-force …
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-287
published: '2026-10-10'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T20:36:00.850'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107120'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13853303-741e-4f87-8543-d5d825d20e8e/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00221
epssPercentile: 0.12581
ingestedAt: '2026-10-10T06:24:42.864Z'
product: Contest Gallery
affected:
  - contest_gallery < 33.0.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-10T12:02:57.120416Z'
---

## Overview

The Contest Gallery  WordPress plugin before 33.0.1 does not limit the number of attempts against its front-end registration email-verification step, which relies on a short numeric PIN, allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute-force the PIN and create and activate a WordPress account bound to an email address they do not own, gaining an authenticated session.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.