CVE-2026-13450

GamiPress <= 7.9.4 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'access' Parameter

2026-07-08 19:22
Niv Kochan

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.9.5
Affected Plugin
GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress
Affected Version
<= 7.9.4
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2026-13450
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At a glance

CVE-2026-13450 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the GamiPress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.9.4. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 7.9.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2026, reported by Niv Kochan.

Vulnerability Overview

The GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 7.9.4 via the 'access' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view private GamiPress activity log entries belonging to any user, including badge earnings, points balance changes, and event records from integrated plugins such as WooCommerce, LearnDash, and BuddyPress. This is exploitable by any unauthenticated visitor because the required 'gamipress' nonce is broadcast to all front-end users via wp_localize_script on the wp_enqueue_scripts hook, making the sole authentication barrier trivially bypassable.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

GamiPress <= 7.9.4 carries this weakness at access, and reaching it takes no account at all. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.

Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For GamiPress the fix is 7.9.5: builds <= 7.9.4 are affected, anything from 7.9.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.9.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: GamiPress 7.9.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13450https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3006261b-a09e-4cff-b49f-49e992c6fe0bhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13450

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