CVE-2026-5231

HIGH EPSS 37.6%
Published Apr 17, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.2 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 17, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The WP Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_source' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.4. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The plugin's referral parser copies the raw utm_source value into the source_name field when a wildcard channel domain matches, and the chart renderer later inserts this value into legend markup via innerHTML without escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in admin pages that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the Referrals Overview or Social Media analytics pages.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.2
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
37.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

References 6

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.4/assets/dev/javascript/chart.js#L498
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.4/src/Service/Analytics/Referrals/ReferralsParser.php#L62
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/trunk/assets/dev/javascript/chart.js#L498
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/trunk/src/Service/Analytics/Referrals/ReferralsParser.php#L62
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3503795%40wp-statistics%2Ftrunk&old=3483860%40wp-statistics%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b350b48-05ba-4054-895f-36d7ad71459d?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.