Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-11254

CVE-2025-11254:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Contest Gallery – Upload, Vote & Sell with PayPal and Stripe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSV Injection in versions up to and including 27.0.3. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the CVE identifier CVE-2025-11254 being published on October 11, 2025 (NVD Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-1236 (Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File). It allows unauthenticated attackers to embed untrusted input into exported CSV files through gallery submissions. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (NVD Database).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability can result in code execution when affected CSV files are downloaded and opened on a local system with a vulnerable configuration. The impact is primarily focused on integrity with low severity, as indicated by the CVSS metrics (NVD Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 28.0.0 of the Contest Gallery plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (Wordfence).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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CVE-2025-11254: WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation