XSS in Rubengc Gamipress – Gamification Plugin To Reward Points, Achievements, Badges & Ranks In WordPress
CVE-2026-16090
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 'gamipress_achievement' 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. WordPress save-time wp_kses_post does not neutralize this payload because the injected value is stored inside a shortcode attribute rather than as a raw HTML tag, and is only emitted into HTML at render time without escaping.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (26.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-16090?
- CVE-2026-16090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rubengc Gamipress – Gamification Plugin To Reward Points, Achievements, Badges & Ranks In WordPress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-08-01.
- How severe is CVE-2026-16090?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.