CRITICAL: CVE-2026-25035 (CVSS 9.8) — multiple products

CVE: CVE-2026-25035

CVSS: 9.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: CRITICAL

Status: Critical advisory

Affected

_See vendor advisory_

Summary

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery contest-gallery allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through <= 28.1.2.2.

Verified Sources

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/contest-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-contest-gallery-plugin-28-1-2-2-account-takeover-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._

Lyrie Verdict

A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.

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