WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Statistics < 14.15.5 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via User-Agent Header

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the User-Agent Header due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wp-statistics
Fixed in 14.15.5

References

CVE
CVE-2025-9816
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8351204-da6d-443a-98b5-0608bfb1e9d0

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
7.2 (high)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Dmitrii Ignatyev
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
c815babc-2a9d-4d2a-901e-13b4825526f1

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-09-26 (about 7 months ago)
Added
2025-09-28 (about 7 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-11 (about 1 day ago)

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