WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress < 7.1.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via gamipress_get_user_earnings

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 7.1.6

References

Classification

Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Arkadiusz Hydzik
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-11-18 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2024-11-18 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-11-19 (about 1 year ago)

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