What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17149?

CVE-2026-17149 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.2%.

myCred WordPress Plugin CVE-2026-17149

EUVD-2026-74759 MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2026-09-09 Wordfence

GHSA-4q35-jxv4-9jw3

WordPress XSS Wordpress Plugin Points Management System For Gamification Ranks Badges And Loyalty Rewards Program Mycred Saadiqbal

6.4

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence

Severity by source

Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY

6.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

vuln.today AI

5.4 MEDIUM

UI:R corrects the provided UI:N: stored XSS still requires a victim to navigate to the injected page to trigger the payload.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Sep 09, 2026 - 08:45 vuln.today

CVE Published

Sep 09, 2026 - 07:40 nvd

MEDIUM 6.4

DescriptionCVE.org

The Points Management System For Gamification, Ranks, Badges, and Loyalty Rewards Program - myCred plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wrapper' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4 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.

AnalysisAI

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the myCred gamification plugin for WordPress allows authenticated contributors to inject persistent malicious scripts via the 'wrapper' shortcode attribute in the sell-content addon. All plugin versions through 3.2.4 are affected. …

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Exploitation	Exploitation requires the attacker to hold a Contributor-level (or higher) WordPress account on the target site, which is confirmed by the CVSS PR:L metric. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment	The provided CVSS 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) warrants scrutiny: the UI:N metric is inconsistent with stored XSS semantics, since a victim must navigate to the injected page for the payload to fire - that constitutes user interaction (UI:R) under strict CVSS 3.1 interpretation. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario	Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation	Upgrade the myCred plugin to version 3.2.5 or later; the WordPress SVN changeset 3640734 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3640734%40mycred&new=3640734%40mycred) contains the upstream fix, though an exact released version tag is not independently confirmed in the available data - verify the installed version against the WordPress plugin repository after updating. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.