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CVE-2026-16090

MEDIUM 6.4

GamiPress <= 7.9.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via gamipress_achievement Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'heading_size' Shortcode Attribute in 'gamipress_achievement' in all versions up to, and including, 7.9.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. WordPress save-time wp_kses_post does not neutralize this payload because the injected value is stored inside a shortcode attribute rather than as a raw HTML tag, and is only emitted into HTML at render time without escaping.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor rubengc
Product gamipress – gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in wordpress
Published Aug 1, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

rubengc / GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress
0 ≤ 7.9.9.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77727d02-796b-4c5b-ad5d-d1c366760abc?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.9/includes/filters.php#L542 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.9/includes/shortcodes/gamipress_achievement.php#L229 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3619577%40gamipress&new=3619577%40gamipress

Credits

Wordfence PRISM