QA Analytics <= 4.1.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Settings Update
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The QA Analytics – Web Analytics Tool with Heatmaps & Session Replay Across All Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ajax_save_plugin_config() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's settings.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8513
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v4pc-7q3f-7vf2
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-8513 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8513 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v4pc-7q3f-7vf2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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