# CVE-2026-3180: Contest Gallery <= 28.1.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit blind SQL injection to extract sensitive database information from the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rp64-3g3h-gwwv

## What is CVE-2026-3180?

CVE-2026-3180 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe, published on 2 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via the ‘cgLostPasswordEmail’ and the ’cgl_mail’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 28.1.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The vulnerability's ’cgLostPasswordEmail’ parameter was patched in version 28.1.4, and the ’cgl_mail’ parameter was patched in version 28.1.5.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3180?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-3180?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-3180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-3180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Complete exploitation toolkit for CVE-2026-3180 - WordPress Contest Gallery SQL Injection vulnerability. Features automated data extraction, WAF bypass, reverse shell, SQLMap integration, Burp extension generation, and reporting for penetration testing and security research. (github_poc): https://github.com/CerberusMrXi/WP-Contest-Gallery-28.1.4-Exploit
- WordPress Contest Gallery 28.1.4 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection (exploitdb)
- https://github.com/carlosalbertotuma/cve-2026-3180-poc (github_poc): https://github.com/carlosalbertotuma/cve-2026-3180-poc
- https://github.com/cardosource/cve-2026-3180 (github_poc): https://github.com/cardosource/cve-2026-3180

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2026-3180 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-3180 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe, published on 2 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: contest-gallery Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3180/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3180/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3180
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3180
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3180

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3180/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.