Vulnerability · Published Dec 6, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-11201myCred – Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin <= 2.7.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via mycred_send Shortcode
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred from saadiqbal. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The myCred – Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce – Give Points, Ranks, Badges, Cashback, WooCommerce rewards, and WooCommerce credits for Gamification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's mycred_send shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| saadiqbal | Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred | 0 – through 2.7.5.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d1d9bee-4afa-44cc-8e7a-8a73ad018c4a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mycred/tags/2.7.5/includes/shortcodes/mycred_send.php#L63
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/mycred/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3203071/mycred/trunk/includes/shortcodes/mycred_send.php