CVE-2024-1799 HIGH

CVE-2024-1799: GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress <= 6.8.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

Vendor Rubengc
Product GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress
Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi
Published March 20, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'achievement_types' attribute of the gamipress_earnings shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 6.8.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 20, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated