Missing authorization in VeronaLabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google…
Priority LOW 30CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · 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 WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'optionUpdater' function in all versions up to, and including, 14.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary plugin settings.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00274 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeronaLabs | WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative | up to 14.13.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative VendorVeronaLabs Affected up to 14.13.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3953
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xpp-wh6r-3gmg
References
More VeronaLabs vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-08862 WP Statistics <= 13.1.5 Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via IP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08861 WP Statistics <= 13.1.5 Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via current_page_id CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-00433 WP Statistics <= 13.1.4 Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via exclusion_reason CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08998 WP Statistics <= 13.1.5 Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via IP CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-00906 WP Statistics < 14.0 - Authenticated SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-03873 WP Statistics < 13.2.9 - Authenticated SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-3953 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-3953 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9xpp-wh6r-3gmg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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