Stored cross-site scripting in GamiPress WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The GamiPress Gamification plugin for WordPress is affected up to and including 7.9.4. Input to the 'video_id' parameter is not sanitized and its output is not escaped, which is a stored cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or higher can inject scripts that run in the browser of any user who opens the injected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'video_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.9.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rubengc | GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, badges & ranks in WordPress, now with AI | up to 7.9.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, badges & ranks in WordPress, now with AI Vendorrubengc Affected up to 7.9.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for GamiPress (Gamification plugin to reward points, badges & ranks in WordPress, now with AI).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-10 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14379
- 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-gfg4-r2hp-3cg2
- 2026-10-11 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-11 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/637a4815-5b71-4ba2-8bf2-e0d335cb94f3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.5/integrations/youtube/includes/listeners.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.5/integrations/youtube/includes/triggers.php
More rubengc vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-00149 GamiPress – Vimeo integration < 1.0.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2023-09787 WordPress GamiPress Plugin <= 2.5.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-07643 GamiPress - Reset User <= 1.0.0 - GamiPress User Data Removal via CSRF CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2024-10225 Code injection in rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-11716 AutomatorWP <= 5.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via a-0-o-search_field_value CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2024-12537 GamiPress <= 7.3.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via orderby Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-14379 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-14379 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gfg4-r2hp-3cg2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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