Missing Authorization vulnerability in Matt WP Voting Contest wp-voting-contest allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Voting Contest: from n/a through <= 5.8.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Matt WP Voting Contest unaffected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected
≤ <= 5.8

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Vendor Product Confidence Versions
Matt Wp Voting Contest — —
Wordpress Wordpress — —

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https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-voting-contest/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-voting-contest-plugin-5-8-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Missing Authorization vulnerability in Matt WP Voting Contest wp-voting-contest allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Voting Contest: from n/a through <= 5.8.
Title WordPress WP Voting Contest plugin <= 5.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-20T14:28:11.885Z

Reserved: 2025-09-25T15:20:02.782Z

Link: CVE-2025-60086

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-18T15:56:05.544Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-18T08:16:08.827

Modified: 2026-01-20T15:17:27.043

Link: CVE-2025-60086

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No data.

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Updated: 2025-12-19T09:17:01Z

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