WP-Stats: Cross-site scripting
WP-Stats is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- WP-Stats
- Plugin slug
wp-stats- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Nov 01, 2021
This CVE was published Nov 01, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WP-Stats to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The WP-Stats WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and did not escape some of them when outputting them, allowing attacker to make logged in high privilege users change them and set Cross-Site Scripting payloads
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N