CVE-2026-16091CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-16091

Medium · published August 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'gamipress_rank' Shortcode 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00349 · 27.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-08-01T13:17Z
References (7)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.9/includes/filters.php#L1899 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.9/includes/shortcodes/gamipress_rank.php#L197 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.9/includes/shortcodes/gamipress_rank.php#L203 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.9/includes/template-functions.php#L74 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.9/templates/rank.php#L162 · [email protected]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3619577%40gamipress&new=3619577%40gamipress · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9f257a9-d447-407c-83ae-3cc99254be3f?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 AUG 07:49Z
    GamiPress <= 7.9.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'gamipress_rank' Shortcode
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