CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-5737
The Independent Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.14.9. This is due to a public tracking route at /wp-json/iawp/search that accepts attacker-controlled referrer_url values when the signature matches, combined with a scheduled favicon fetcher that performs unrestricted cURL requests to stored domains. The signature validation is insufficient because the signature is embedded in publicly-accessible JavaScript and the
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin","vendor":"bensibley","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.14.9","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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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_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-918","description":"CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
10 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/Favicon/FaviconDownloader.php#L57"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/FetchFaviconsJob.php#L27"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/8
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/REST_API.php#L409"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/Views/View.php#L252"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/Favicon/FaviconDownloader.php#L57"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/FetchFaviconsJob.php#L27"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/REST_API.php#L409"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/Views/View.php#L252"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3537814%40independent-analytics&new=3537814%40independent-analytics&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /containers/cna/references/9
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/06ecc40c-6a63-4354-9f49-1925896622f5?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3e4d52e865d9ada4ed4ce2c0bf7176a587e0e0272be776e5875b276419765618 · sha256:b1198852b42c0469… · /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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