# CVE-2024-2505: GamiPress < 6.8.9 - Broken Access Control

> Authors can bypass access controls to modify GamiPress settings and extend privileges to lower-privileged users, requiring plugin updates.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7855-3hjg-5779

## What is CVE-2024-2505?

CVE-2024-2505 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown GamiPress , published on 29 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The GamiPress  WordPress plugin before 6.8.9's access control mechanism fails to properly restrict access to its settings, permitting Authors to manipulate requests and extend access to lower privileged users, like Subscribers, despite initial settings prohibiting such access. This vulnerability resembles broken access control, enabling unauthorized users to modify critical GamiPress  WordPress plugin before 6.8.9 configurations.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2505?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gamipress Gamipress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2505 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown GamiPress 

- [CVE-2024-1799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1799/): SQL injection in GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-24000](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24000/): WordPress GamiPress Plugin <= 2.5.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-13496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13496/): GamiPress <= 7.3.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via orderby Parameter (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-13495](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13495/): GamiPress <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via gamipress_ajax_get_logs Function (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-13499](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13499/): GamiPress <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via gamipress_do_shortcode() Function (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2505 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2505 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown GamiPress , published on 29 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2505 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown GamiPress . No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2505/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2505
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2505
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2505

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2505/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.