CVE-2025-9816
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Publication date: 2025-09-27

Last updated on: 2025-09-29

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
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.
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Published
2025-09-27
Last Modified
2025-09-29
Generated
2026-05-27
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2025-09-27
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-25
NVD
CVE-2025-9816
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Showing 1 associated CPE
Vendor Product Version / Range
wordpress wp_statistics 14.5.4
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CWE ID Description
CWE-79 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the WP Statistics WordPress plugin. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input from the User-Agent header. As a result, an attacker can inject malicious scripts that are stored and executed whenever a user visits the affected page, without needing to be authenticated.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The vulnerability can allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of users visiting the affected site. This can lead to theft of user data, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions that compromise user security and trust.


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