# CVE-2024-8658: Missing authorization in Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred

> Unauthenticated attackers can trigger database upgrades due to missing capability checks in the myCred WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qq5m-8wpj-8q6h

## What is CVE-2024-8658?

CVE-2024-8658 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in saadiqbal Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred, published on 25 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The myCred – Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin for WordPress and WooCommerce – Give Points, Ranks, Badges, Cashback, WooCommerce rewards, and WooCommerce credits for Gamification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the mycred_update_database() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upgrade an out of date database.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8658?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mycred Mycred.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8658?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8658 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8658 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in saadiqbal Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred

- [CVE-2024-10187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10187/): myCred <= 2.7.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via mycred_link Shortcode (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-25015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25015/): myCred < 2.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-20008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-20008/): myCRED < 1.7.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8658 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8658 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in saadiqbal Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred, published on 25 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8658 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: saadiqbal Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred. 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-2024-8658/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8658/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8658
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8658
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8658

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8658/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.