Contest Gallery - Information Disclosure (CVE-2024-43283)

CVE-2024-43283 is an information disclosure vulnerability in Contest Gallery versions up to 23.1.2, which could allow unauthorized actors to access sensitive information. This flaw may expose confidential data to attackers without requiring authentication, increasing the risk of data leaks or privacy violations.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 30th of March 2026.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2024-43283 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2024-43283 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2024-43283 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending unauthenticated requests to URLs matching /wp-content/uploads/contest-gallery/gallery-id-*/json/image-comments/image-comments-*.json, allowing them to access sensitive user information such as user IDs and IP addresses.