CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-5464
The ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation and activation in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.2. This is due to the reports page exposing the 'onboarding_key' transient to any user with the 'exactmetrics_view_dashboard' capability. This key is the sole authorization gate for the '/wp-json/exactmetrics/v1/onboarding/connect-url' REST endpoint, which returns a one-time has
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin)","vendor":"smub","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"9.1.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a2ef3b550b8dfcd275bb4aa76b9d48ab2e9847b66b4242f963fa52f9ab9d04e3 · sha256:b14e5727dc436ac9… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":7.2,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a2ef3b550b8dfcd275bb4aa76b9d48ab2e9847b66b4242f963fa52f9ab9d04e3 · sha256:b14e5727dc436ac9… · /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_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a2ef3b550b8dfcd275bb4aa76b9d48ab2e9847b66b4242f963fa52f9ab9d04e3 · sha256:b14e5727dc436ac9… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/tags/9.1.1/includes/admin/admin-assets.php#L932"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/tags/9.1.1/includes/admin/class-exactmetrics-onboarding.php#L109"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a2ef3b550b8dfcd275bb4aa76b9d48ab2e9847b66b4242f963fa52f9ab9d04e3 · sha256:b14e5727dc436ac9… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/tags/9.1.1/includes/connect.php#L219"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a2ef3b550b8dfcd275bb4aa76b9d48ab2e9847b66b4242f963fa52f9ab9d04e3 · sha256:b14e5727dc436ac9… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/tags/9.1.1/includes/connect.php#L27"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a2ef3b550b8dfcd275bb4aa76b9d48ab2e9847b66b4242f963fa52f9ab9d04e3 · sha256:b14e5727dc436ac9… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09127277-9e71-484d-b674-52af693c995b?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a2ef3b550b8dfcd275bb4aa76b9d48ab2e9847b66b4242f963fa52f9ab9d04e3 · sha256:b14e5727dc436ac9… · /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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