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6 known security issues reported for the Wp Voting Contest WordPress plugin. Most recent disclosed Dec 18, 2025.
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Scan your site free[en] 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.
The Voting Contest plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 5.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.
[en] Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Matt WP Voting Contest allows Stored XSS. This issue affects WP Voting Contest: from n/a through 5.8.
The WP Voting Contest Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level permissions and above, to inject arb...
[en] The WP Voting Contest WordPress plugin before 3.0 does not sanitise and escape the post_id parameter before outputting it back in the response via the wpvc_social_share_icons AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
The WP Voting Contest WordPress plugin before 3.0 does not sanitise and escape the post_id parameter before outputting it back in the response via the wpvc_social_share_icons AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
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