CVE-2024-30238

WordPress Photos and Files Contest Gallery plugin <= 21.3.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability

8.5 High

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery contest-gallery.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through <= 21.3.2.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.63%Up 0.6 points since Mar 28, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.5

WordPress Photos and Files Contest Gallery plugin <= 21.3.2 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-30238
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-28169 8.5

Record: EUVD-2024-28169
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vhpq-5rff-2gh4 8.5

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')...

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Contest Gallery.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through 21.3.2.

Record: GHSA-vhpq-5rff-2gh4
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.5

Record: CVE-2024-30238
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-30238 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Contest-gallery Contest Gallery, published March 27, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.