CVE-2026-15730

GamiPress <= 7.9.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'heading_size' Shortcode Attribute

2026-07-27 18:18
Wordfence PRISM

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.9.9.2
Affected Plugin
GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, badges & ranks in WordPress, now with AI
Affected Version
<= 7.9.9.1
CVSS
6.4Medium
Weakness type
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE
CVE-2026-15730
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At a glance

CVE-2026-15730 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in the GamiPress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.9.9.1. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.9.9.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2026, reported by Wordfence PRISM.

Vulnerability Overview

The GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'heading_size' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 7.9.9.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The wp_kses_post filter applied at post save does not neutralize this payload because only the inert shortcode text is stored in post_content; the dangerous HTML is synthesized at render time by the shortcode handler, entirely bypassing save-time sanitization.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

GamiPress <= 7.9.9.1 carries this weakness at heading_size, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. Cross-site scripting happens when input from a request is written into a page without being escaped for the context it lands in, so the browser parses attacker-supplied text as markup or script.

Injected script runs with the privileges of whoever views the affected page, which is how these flaws turn into administrator session theft, silent account creation or persistent backdoors in page content. For GamiPress the fix is 7.9.9.2: builds <= 7.9.9.1 are affected, anything from 7.9.9.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.9.9.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Contributor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: GamiPress 7.9.9.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15730https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dedd24e6-ac0c-48cd-a76a-8fb61d2c3c0fhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15730

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