GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress <= 7.1.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via gamipress_get_user_earnings

7.3
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-11036
CVSS 7.3 (High)
Publicly Published November 18, 2024
Last Updated November 19, 2024
Researcher Arkadiusz Hydzik

Description

The The GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via gamipress_get_user_earnings AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

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Vulnerability Details for GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gamipress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 7.1.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 7.1.5
Patched Version
  • 7.1.6

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