CVE-2026-15780
WP Statistics <= 14.16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
WP Statistics <= 14.16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.
- Record
CVE-2026-15780- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-62341
7.2
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.
- Record
EUVD-2026-62341- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3hm7-m5p9-2h77
7.2
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is...
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.
- Record
GHSA-3hm7-m5p9-2h77- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.
- Record
CVE-2026-15780- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.2
WP Statistics <= 14.16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.
- Record
CVE-2026-15780- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-15780 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Veronalabs Wp Statistics – Simple, Privacy-friendly Google Analytics Alternative, published August 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, the 51st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b5baecfe-ce0b-4cec-8462-bfd7eadd41e9?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.8/views/components/tables/visitors.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.8/views/components/tables/referred-visitors.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.8/assets/dev/javascript/helper.js
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.8/includes/api/v2/class-wp-statistics-api-hit.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.8/includes/class-wp-statistics-helper.php
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plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.8/includes/class-wp-statistics-hits.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/views/components/tables/visitors.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/views/components/tables/referred-visitors.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/assets/dev/javascript/helper.js
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/includes/api/v2/class-wp-statistics-api-hit.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/includes/class-wp-statistics-helper.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/includes/class-wp-statistics-hits.php
github.com/wp-statistics/wp-statistics/commit/6ab74427778b89c9e88471e9dd7407d9055a9b34
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15780
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3hm7-m5p9-2h77
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/15xxx/CVE-2026-15780.json