Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2026-16090GamiPress <= 7.9.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via gamipress_achievement Shortcode

Medium 6.4

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A medium-severity cross-site scripting in GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress from rubengc. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'heading_size' Shortcode Attribute in 'gamipress_achievement' 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. WordPress save-time wp_kses_post does not neutralize this payload because the injected value is stored inside a shortcode attribute rather than as a raw HTML tag, and is only emitted into HTML at render time without escaping.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
rubengc	GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress	0 – through 7.9.9.1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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