Vulnerabilities / GamiPress / WPSEC-2026-0917
GamiPress <= 8.0.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Rank Modification via gamipress_profile_update_user_rank AJAX Action
Medium 4.3
CWE-862Fixed in 8.0.6
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-0917
- Plugin
- GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, badges & ranks in WordPress, now with AI (gamipress)
- Affected
- from 1.5.9 before 8.0.6
- Remediation
- Update to 8.0.6 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Usage
- Plugin Medium · Affected versions Medium among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-14
- Attack surface
- GamiPress on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The GamiPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the gamipress_ajax_profile_update_user_rank() function in versions 1.5.9 up to, and including, 8.0.5. The function only checked the 'gamipress_admin' nonce, which is printed on every wp-admin page, and the edit_user capability, which every user has for their own account. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set their own rank.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0917/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gamipress/tags/8.0.6/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/gamipress/
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