Vulnerability · Published Mar 13, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-1894Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress <= 1.5.6.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via burst_total_pageviews_count
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) from burstbv. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'burst_total_pageviews_count' custom meta field in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Note that this exploit only functions if the victim has the 'Show Toolbar when viewing site' option enabled in their profile.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| burstbv | Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) | 0 – through 1.5.6.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fa587df5-9d96-4cac-ae5d-2a0485a3a789?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/class-frontend.php#L67
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/class-frontend.php#L74
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/burst-statistics/tags/1.5.6.1&old=3049793&new_path=/burst-statistics/tags/1.5.7&new=3049793&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=