WP-Stats < 2.5.2 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Priority LOW 21CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The WP-Stats WordPress plugin before 2.52 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and did not escape some of them when outputting them, allowing attacker to make logged in high privilege users change them and set Cross-Site Scripting payloads
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00507 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed WP-Stats (Unknown): 2.52
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP-Stats | 2.52 to before 2.52 | 2.52 | Patch available | CNA |
- WP-Stats VendorUnknown Affected 2.52 to before 2.52 Fixed in 2.52 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wp-stats_project:wp-stats:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 2.52 | Vulnerable | Wp-stats Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:wp-stats_project:wp-stats:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.52 Vulnerable ·Wp-stats Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WP-Stats (Unknown) Fixed in 2.52
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-10001
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2wcw-gx74-hx8q
References
Sources
- CVE-2015-10001 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-10001 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2wcw-gx74-hx8q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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