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CVE-2022-27853WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 13.1.0.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- 4.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Authenticated (author or higher role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin) <= 13.1.0.9
Timeline
ID reserved
By Patchstack
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Affected products
Contest Gallery · Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin)
- affected <= 13.1.0.9 – ≤ 13.1.0.9
What to do
Solution: Update to 14.0.0 or higher version.
References
References2
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/contest-gallery/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/contest-gallery/wordpress-contest-gallery-plugin-13-1-0-9-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-32341 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2022-27853)Record last updated .