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CVE-2026-3488

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 ow
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:81778a749c147b50559c1432db04ffc9aa0c6d204f18fc3d0991864bae9a63b2
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative","vendor":"veronalabs","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"14.16.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

9 source assertions
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.1/includes/admin/class-wp-statistics-admin-ajax.php#L310"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.1/src/Service/Admin/FilterHandler/FilterManager.php#L62"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.1/src/Service/Admin/PrivacyAudit/PrivacyAuditController.php#L21"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.1/src/Service/Admin/PrivacyAudit/PrivacyAuditController.php#L41"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/trunk/includes/admin/class-wp-statistics-admin-ajax.php#L310"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/trunk/src/Service/Admin/FilterHandler/FilterManager.php#L62"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/trunk/src/Service/Admin/PrivacyAudit/PrivacyAuditController.php#L21"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3483860/wp-statistics/trunk/src/Service/Admin/PrivacyAudit/PrivacyAuditController.php"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/8
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1938ba4-ced7-455b-8772-a192d9cb0897?source=cve"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1749f6d97b13304b2868a424ec8d8c4e55e612333be06ef577723d6a7adfa37e · sha256:4b5054f89106c38a… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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