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This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00399,"percentile":0.34587,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-08-05T13:26:42Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37Z","products":[{"vendor":"bensibley","product":"independent analytics – wordpress analytics plugin"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/90ea5c51-e739-42c1-a276-851ad800ff00?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Tables/Table.php#L142"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L458"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L86"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Resource_Identifier.php#L126"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Views/View.php#L206"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026new=3627446%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php\u0026old=3618630%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17506"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cv7w-3p2j-xhxx"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-17506","title":"Independent Analytics \u003c= 2.15.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting","description":"The Independent Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 404 not_found_url tracking parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.15.0. 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