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WP Statistics <= 14.16.4 — Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure and Privacy Audit Manipulation

CVE-2026-3488Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤14.16.4Update to 14.16.5 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium6.5
CVSS
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative wp-statistics

  1. Affected≤ 14.16.4
  2. Patched in14.16.5

Update to 14.16.5 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 14.16.4. Version 14.16.5 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 14.16.5, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to AlexHenry.

The WP Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.4. This is due to missing capability checks on multiple AJAX handlers including `wp_statistics_get_filters`, `wp_statistics_getPrivacyStatus`, `wp_statistics_updatePrivacyStatus`, and `wp_statistics_dismiss_notices`. These endpoints only verify a `wp_rest` nonce via `check_ajax_referer()` but do not enforce any capability checks such as `current_user_can()` or the plugin's own `User::Access()` method. Since the `wp_rest` nonce is available to all authenticated WordPress users, this makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to access sensitive analytics data (user IDs, usernames, emails, visitor tracking data), retrieve and modify privacy audit compliance status, and dismiss administrative notices.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
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Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Query-Parameter Key
≤14.16.14Update to 14.16.15
CVE-2026-97652
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤14.16.13Update to 14.16.14
CVE-2026-93770
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≤14.16.11Update to 14.16.12
CVE-2026-84774
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter
≤14.16.8Update to 14.16.9
CVE-2026-15780

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 6.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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