CVE-2026-12165
WP Contest Gallery plugin Privilege Escalation to Administrator.
Is CVE-2026-12165 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-12165 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-12165?
CVE-2026-12165 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-12165?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-12165. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-12165 affect?
CVE-2026-12165 affects WordPress plugin: Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-12165?
Update to fixed version; audit and restrict admin roles.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated author+ can set RegistryUserRole to administrator, granting full control via wp_update_user.
Patch when possible
- affected<= 30.0.2
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.