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Information exposure in Plausible Analytics enables site takeover

Priority LOW 27CWE-201Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-201.

Summary

Plausible Analytics Community Edition through 3.2.1 exposes pending invitation and ownership-transfer IDs on its settings/people page. This information exposure (CWE-201) lets a remote attacker with a site editor account read those IDs. The attacker can use an exposed ID to accept an invitation tied to the invitee's email, gaining the invited role or taking site ownership.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Description from the CNA

Plausible Analytics Community Edition through 3.2.1 contains an information exposure vulnerability that allows site editors to obtain pending invitation and ownership-transfer IDs from the settings/people page. Attackers can register with the invitee's email using the exposed ID and accept it, gaining the invited role or taking site ownership.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00292 21st 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
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PlausiblePlausible Analyticsup to 3.2.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Plausible Analytics VendorPlausible Affected up to 3.2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Plausible Analytics.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119564
  2. 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-2p4r-4pmj-4wp8
  3. 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

  • TI-2023-21358 WordPress Plausible Analytics Plugin <= 1.3.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2026-83029 Mass assignment in Plausible Analytics traffic change notifications CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2022-10728 WordPress Plausible Analytics plugin <= 1.2.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources