# CVE-2026-97318: Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress < 1.12.27 - Unauthenticated Stored Open Redirect via 'parent_url' Parameter

> Unauthenticated attackers can redirect visitors to arbitrary external sites via stored open redirect in RafflePress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9949-jq7q-8g48

## What is CVE-2026-97318?

CVE-2026-97318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress, published on 2 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress  WordPress plugin before 1.12.27 does not properly validate a giveaway's parent page URL before saving it and later redirecting visitors to it, allowing unauthenticated attackers to make the site's own giveaway confirmation and referral links redirect visitors to an arbitrary external site.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-97318?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-97318?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-97318 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-97318 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-97318 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-97318 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress, published on 2 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress. 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-2026-97318/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97318/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97318
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97318
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-97318

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97318/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.