CVE-2024-1799 SQL injection in GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress
Authenticated contributors can exploit SQL injection in the GamiPress plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1799?
CVE-2024-1799 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress, published on 20 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1799?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gamipress Gamipress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-1799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress
- CVE-2023-24000 WordPress GamiPress Plugin <= 2.5.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- CVE-2024-2505 GamiPress < 6.8.9 - Broken Access Control
- CVE-2024-13496 GamiPress <= 7.3.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via orderby Parameter
- CVE-2024-13495 GamiPress <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via gamipress_ajax_get_logs Function
- CVE-2024-13499 GamiPress <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via gamipress_do_shortcode() Function
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cr67-8hmx-xg5c.