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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
veronalabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 14.16.14

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References
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https://github.com/wp-statistics/wp-statistics/pull/1148 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/assets/dev/javascript/filters/generator.js#L383 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/assets/dev/javascript/filters/generator.js#L392 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Abstracts/MultiViewPage.php#L82 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L258 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L283 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L310 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3722421/wp-statistics/trunk/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3722421%40wp-statistics%2Ftags%2F14.16.15&old=3702973%40wp-statistics%2Ftags%2F14.16.14 cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f1d2fe2-816b-46ee-8ab5-ae9936ac9ded?source=cve cve-icon
History

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title WP Statistics <= 14.16.14 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Query-Parameter Key
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-02T09:25:57.902Z

Reserved: 2026-09-24T19:09:15.550Z

Link: CVE-2026-97652

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