Vulnerability · Published Jun 17, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-8607myCred – Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program <= 3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wrap' Shortcode Attribute
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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wrap' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.1 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| saadiqbal | Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred | 0 – through 3.1 |
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/041a7c9a-d7dc-4742-b879-f1836f324a46?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mycred/tags/3.0.6/includes/classes/class.query-leaderboard.php#L1042
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mycred/tags/3.0.6/includes/shortcodes/mycred_leaderboard.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mycred/tags/3.0.2/includes/classes/class.query-leaderboard.php#L1042
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mycred/tags/3.0.2/includes/shortcodes/mycred_leaderboard.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mycred/tags/3.1.1/includes/classes/class.query-leaderboard.php#L976
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mycred/tags/3.1.1/includes/mycred-functions.php#L4399
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3572451