WP Statistics <= 14.5.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User-Agent Header
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- 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-79.
Summary
The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the User-Agent Header in all versions up to, and including, 14.5.4 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.
Why it matters now
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 14.15.4 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative VendorVeronaLabs Affected up to 14.15.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9816
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v8h5-jm3h-5252
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-2025-9816 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9816 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v8h5-jm3h-5252 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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