{"id":"CVE-2026-15439","aliases":["EUVD-2026-76139","GHSA-3mqq-vp94-w5r5"],"status":"published","title":"GamiPress \u003c= 7.9.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection","description":"The GamiPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via the 'q' parameter of the wpForo integration AJAX selector (action gamipress_wpforo_get_posts) in versions up to, and including, 7.9.7. The value is passed only through $wpdb-\u003eesc_like() and interpolated directly into a single-quoted LIKE clause with no %s placeholder. Because esc_like() runs after WordPress core magic quotes, it doubles the injected backslash (\\' -\u003e \\\\'), which MySQL reads as one literal backslash followed by a live closing quote, allowing the attacker to break out of the string and inject boolean-based SQL. The wpForo plugin only needs to be active to register the callback; no wpForo vulnerability is used. Requires a Subscriber account, which can read the gamipress_admin nonce (exposed on every admin page, e.g. /wp-admin/profile.php). Note: the researcher's Simple:Press vectors (PoC 2 \u0026 3) do not reproduce in current code, which uses $wpdb-\u003eprepare() with %s placeholders; only the wpForo selector is confirmed.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00399,"percentile":0.34515,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-89"],"published":"2026-09-11T15:27:51Z","modified":"2026-09-11T18:31:23Z","products":[{"vendor":"rubengc","product":"gamipress – gamification plugin to reward points, badges \u0026 ranks in wordpress, now with ai"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72ad7420-5793-496e-8607-2b346c7a3ce5?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.3/integrations/wpforo/includes/functions.php#L40"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gamipress/tags/7.9.3/integrations/wpforo/includes/functions.php#L24"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15439"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3mqq-vp94-w5r5"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-15439","title":"GamiPress \u003c= 7.9.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection","description":"The GamiPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via the 'q' parameter of the wpForo integration AJAX selector (action gamipress_wpforo_get_posts) in versions up to, and including, 7.9.7. The value is passed only through $wpdb-\u003eesc_like() and interpolated directly into a single-quoted LIKE clause with no %s placeholder. Because esc_like() runs after WordPress core magic quotes, it doubles the injected backslash (\\' -\u003e \\\\'), which MySQL reads as one literal backslash followed by a live closing quote, allowing the attacker to break out of the string and inject boolean-based SQL. The wpForo plugin only needs to be active to register the callback; no wpForo vulnerability is used. Requires a Subscriber account, which can read the gamipress_admin nonce (exposed on every admin page, e.g. /wp-admin/profile.php). Note: the researcher's Simple:Press vectors (PoC 2 \u0026 3) do not reproduce in current code, which uses $wpdb-\u003eprepare() with %s placeholders; only the wpForo selector is confirmed.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-11T15:27:51.708Z","modified":"2026-09-11T17:53:11.894Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-89"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:47:51.033687Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-76139","description":"The GamiPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via the 'q' parameter of the wpForo integration AJAX selector (action gamipress_wpforo_get_posts) in versions up to, and including, 7.9.7. The value is passed only through $wpdb-\u003eesc_like() and interpolated directly into a single-quoted LIKE clause with no %s placeholder. Because esc_like() runs after WordPress core magic quotes, it doubles the injected backslash (\\' -\u003e \\\\'), which MySQL reads as one literal backslash followed by a live closing quote, allowing the attacker to break out of the string and inject boolean-based SQL. The wpForo plugin only needs to be active to register the callback; no wpForo vulnerability is used. Requires a Subscriber account, which can read the gamipress_admin nonce (exposed on every admin page, e.g. /wp-admin/profile.php). Note: the researcher's Simple:Press vectors (PoC 2 \u0026 3) do not reproduce in current code, which uses $wpdb-\u003eprepare() with %s placeholders; only the wpForo selector is confirmed.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-11T15:27:51Z","modified":"2026-09-11T17:53:11Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:28:22.225258Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3mqq-vp94-w5r5","title":"The GamiPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via...","description":"The GamiPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via the 'q' parameter of the wpForo integration AJAX selector (action gamipress_wpforo_get_posts) in versions up to, and including, 7.9.7. The value is passed only through $wpdb-\u003eesc_like() and interpolated directly into a single-quoted LIKE clause with no %s placeholder. Because esc_like() runs after WordPress core magic quotes, it doubles the injected backslash (\\' -\u003e \\\\'), which MySQL reads as one literal backslash followed by a live closing quote, allowing the attacker to break out of the string and inject boolean-based SQL. The wpForo plugin only needs to be active to register the callback; no wpForo vulnerability is used. Requires a Subscriber account, which can read the gamipress_admin nonce (exposed on every admin page, e.g. /wp-admin/profile.php). Note: the researcher's Simple:Press vectors (PoC 2 \u0026 3) do not reproduce in current code, which uses $wpdb-\u003eprepare() with %s placeholders; only the wpForo selector is confirmed.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-11T18:31:23Z","modified":"2026-09-11T18:31:23Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-89"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:11:45.091927Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-15439","description":"The GamiPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via the 'q' parameter of the wpForo integration AJAX selector (action gamipress_wpforo_get_posts) in versions up to, and including, 7.9.7. The value is passed only through $wpdb-\u003eesc_like() and interpolated directly into a single-quoted LIKE clause with no %s placeholder. Because esc_like() runs after WordPress core magic quotes, it doubles the injected backslash (\\' -\u003e \\\\'), which MySQL reads as one literal backslash followed by a live closing quote, allowing the attacker to break out of the string and inject boolean-based SQL. The wpForo plugin only needs to be active to register the callback; no wpForo vulnerability is used. Requires a Subscriber account, which can read the gamipress_admin nonce (exposed on every admin page, e.g. /wp-admin/profile.php). Note: the researcher's Simple:Press vectors (PoC 2 \u0026 3) do not reproduce in current code, which uses $wpdb-\u003eprepare() with %s placeholders; only the wpForo selector is confirmed.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-11T16:17:05.597Z","modified":"2026-09-11T18:16:56.29Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-89"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:46.271848Z"}]}}