CVE-2024-13499
Published: 22 January 2025
Description
The The GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via gamipress_do_shortcode() function in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.1. 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.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-13499 is an arbitrary shortcode execution vulnerability in the GamiPress – Gamification plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 7.2.1. The issue resides in the gamipress_do_shortcode() function within the plugin's includes/functions.php file, where the software fails to properly validate a user-supplied value before passing it to WordPress's do_shortcode() function. This flaw, classified under CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), enables attackers to inject and execute malicious shortcodes.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), and no user interaction (UI:N), as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (C:L/I:L/A:L/S:U). Exploitation allows execution of arbitrary shortcodes, which could result in limited impacts such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption depending on available shortcodes and site configuration.
References point to mitigation via patching, including WordPress plugins trac changeset 3226227, which addresses the issue in functions.php (notably around line 645), and a Wordfence threat intelligence advisory detailing the vulnerability. Security practitioners should update the GamiPress plugin beyond version 7.2.1 and review plugin usage on affected WordPress sites.
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