CVE-2026-77764 GamiPress < 7.9.9.6 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary User Points and Achievement Award via Watch-Video Listeners
Subscribers can arbitrarily award points and achievements to any user, including admins, due to missing authorization checks in the video tracking feature.
- 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-2026-77764?
CVE-2026-77764 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown GamiPress, published on 2 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The GamiPress WordPress plugin before 7.9.9.6 does not properly restrict its video watch-tracking functionality, allowing users with a role as low as Subscriber to award the configured gamification points, achievements and ranks to arbitrary users including administrators, and to accrue them without limit.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-77764?
How do I fix CVE-2026-77764?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-77764 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-77764 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-77764 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g62j-5jwq-v4mf.