CVE-2024-2783 Cross-site scripting in GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via shortcodes, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- 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-2024-2783?
CVE-2024-2783 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress, published on 9 Apr 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 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.0 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2783?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gamipress Gamipress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2783?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2783 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-2783 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2783 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress
- CVE-2024-1799 SQL injection in 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
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q36g-c4c7-q48x.