The Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 3.0.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
CVE-2026-40794 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.3 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred. It affects Versions up to 3.0.3 and is fixed in 3.0.4.
CVE-2026-40794 is tracked for the Plugin Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred as medium severity with CVSS 4.3. The affected range is Versions up to 3.0.3. Update Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program – myCred to 3.0.4 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
mycred
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-40794 |
| Patched Versions |
3.0.4
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.0.3
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
myCred – Points, Rewards, Gamification, Ranks, Badges & Loyalty Plugin <= 2.2 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection
myCred <= 2.7.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
myCred – Points, Rewards, Gamification, Ranks, Badges & Loyalty Plugin <= 2.4.3 - Missing Authorization
myCred <= 2.9.7.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'mycred_load_coupon' Shortcode
myCred – Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program. <= 2.9.7.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
myCred <= 2.9.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
myCred – Loyalty Points and Rewards plugin <= 2.7.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via mycred_send Shortcode
myCred <= 2.7.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via mycred_link Shortcode
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