A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin by Wasiliy Strecker. The vulnerability is classified as an Incorrect Privilege Assignment issue that allows attackers to escalate their privileges within the application. This security flaw affects all versions of Contest Gallery Pro from an unspecified starting version through version 29.0.1. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2026-42680 and is considered high severity. Users of the affected plugin versions are at risk of unauthorized privilege escalation attacks.