GamipressWordPress extension
CVE-2023-25715
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in GamiPress GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress.This issue affects GamiPress – The #1 gamification plugin to reward points, achievements, badges & ranks in WordPress: from n/a through 2.5.6.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in GamiPress WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or low-privilege users to access functionality that should require higher privileges. This authorization bypass could allow unauthorized users to modify gamification elements such as points, achievements, badges, or ranks within the WordPress site.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
GamipressWordPress extension
<= 2.5.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm GamiPress plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins and locate GamiPress in the installed plugins list, or check for the /wp-content/plugins/gamipress/ directory on the serverAffected if GamiPress plugin is present on the WordPress site
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Identify installed GamiPress versionIn WordPress Admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, click on GamiPress to view the version details, or read the 'Version' header from the gamipress.php main plugin file in the plugin directoryAffected if Version displayed is 2.5.6 or lower (the affected range)
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Verify WordPress user role configurationNavigate to WordPress Admin > Users > Roles and review which roles have GamiPress-specific capabilities (such as 'edit_achievements', 'edit_ranks', 'edit_points') assigned, particularly for roles below AdministratorAffected if Subscriber, Contributor, or custom low-privilege roles have been assigned any GamiPress management capabilities
The environment is affected if GamiPress version is 2.5.6 or lower, since the missing authorization vulnerability exists in those versions regardless of current user role settings
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate GamiPress plugin to version 2.5.7 or later which contains the authorization fix. If immediate update is not possible, review user role capabilities and consider restricting plugin functionality access through additional access controls.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-25715 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data