# CVE-2026-77764: GamiPress arbitrary user points and achievement award via video watch tracking

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-77764-gamipress-arbitrary-user-points-and-achievement-award-via-video  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-02. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-77764 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2026-09-02

GamiPress is a WordPress plugin that manages gamification features like points, achievements, and ranks within a website. The plugin's video watch-tracking functionality fails to properly restrict access, allowing any user with Subscriber role (the lowest standard role) to award these points and achievements to other users, including site administrators, without proper authorization. This could be exploited to manipulate game progress and site reputation.

Technologies: [GamiPress](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/gamipress). Vendors: [GamiPress](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/gamipress).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-77764 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-77764 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-77764?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 2 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** GamiPress before 7.9.9.6.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-77764?** A patch was published on 2026-09-02: Fix released in version 7.9.9.6 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-77764 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-77764?** Check whether you run GamiPress at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the video watch-tracking AJAX handlers (gamipress_youtube_track_watch_video and gamipress_vimeo_track_watch_video). The plugin fails to verify that the requesting user is authorized to award points to the user_id parameter, instead only checking authentication status and (in recent versions) a nonce. An attacker with Subscriber role can bypass the authorization check by directly specifying an arbitrary user_id in the AJAX request, allowing them to award configured points, achievements, and ranks to any user. The vulnerability requires the administrator to have configured a video watch reward, and affects versions before 7.9.9.6. A fix has been released in version 7.9.9.6.

## Affected products

- GamiPress GamiPress before 7.9.9.6

## Timeline

- 2026-08-31: disclosed: Vulnerability publicly disclosed
- 2026-09-02: patched: Fix released in version 7.9.9.6

## References

- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c272dadd-9fc9-402f-8712-51d16a271e4b/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c272dadd-9fc9-402f-8712-51d16a271e4b/)

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