WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) <= 8.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'fullRef' Parameter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'fullRef' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 8.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This is a second-order SQL injection: an unauthenticated attacker submits a crafted referrer URL to the wmcTrack tracking endpoint, which persists the raw unescaped value into the wp_logVisit table, and the injection is triggered when an administrator next views the Traffic Sources dashboard.
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96267
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f46r-g4h3-gxr2
- 2026-10-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8192cbb0-ea1f-4897-808c-67f5002d56fb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.6/includes/wsm_db.php#L1082
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.6/includes/wsm_statistics.php#L3252
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.6/includes/wsm_requests.php#L140
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.6/includes/wsm_functions.php#L3091
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.6/wp-stats-manager.php#L103
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3722831%40wp-stats-manager&new=3722831%40wp-stats-manager
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- TI-2025-31448 WordPress WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) Plugin <= 8.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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- TI-2026-86545 Stored cross-site scripting in WP Visitor Statistics WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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- TI-2026-81755 SQL injection in WP Visitor Statistics plugin via shortcode attribute CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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Sources
- CVE-2026-96267 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-96267 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f46r-g4h3-gxr2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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