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CVE-2024-11036: 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

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

• rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress: before 7.1.6 — fixed in 7.1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress 7.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.1.4/includes/functions.php#L693
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.1.4/includes/functions.php#L702
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/gamipress/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bad0cd3f-88ea-4a1d-b400-0a450b07a546?source=cve

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