WP Statistics <= 14.16.14 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Query-Parameter Key
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Query-Parameter Key in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Published
- Oct 2, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 3, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 16th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · Wordfence
- 6.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
veronalabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
- up to and including 14.16.14affected · semver
Same product
veronalabs: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-2194WP Statistics <= 14.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting48Plan
- CVE-2025-9816WP Statistics <= 14.5.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User-Agent Header31Monitor
- CVE-2026-15780WP Statistics <= 14.16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter28Monitor
- CVE-2026-5231WP Statistics <= 14.16.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_source' Parameter28Monitor
- CVE-2026-3488WP Statistics <= 14.16.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure and Privacy Audit Manipulation26Monitor
- CVE-2025-3953WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin <= 14.13.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings U21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Jakub Hermanfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-9816370 days apartWP Statistics <= 14.5.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User-Agent Header31Monitor
- CVE-2026-1578044 days apartWP Statistics <= 14.16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter28Monitor
- CVE-2026-5231169 days apartWP Statistics <= 14.16.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_source' Parameter28Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-26-1246 · Oct 5, 2026(WordPress Eklenti Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
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References
- github.com/wp-statistics/wp-statistics/pull/1148
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/assets/dev/javascript/filters/generator.js#L383
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/assets/dev/javascript/filters/generator.js#L392
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Abstracts/MultiViewPage.php#L82
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L258
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L283
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L310
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3722421/wp-statistics/trunk/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3722421%40wp-statistics%2Ftags%2F14.16.15&old=3702973%40wp-statistics%2Ftags%2F14.16.14
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f1d2fe2-816b-46ee-8ab5-ae9936ac9ded?source=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.