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Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2026-15780WP Statistics <= 14.16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site scripting in WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative from veronalabs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
veronalabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 0 – through 14.16.8

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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