Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2021-4333WP Statistics <= 13.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Arbitrary Plugin Activation and Deactivation
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site request forgery 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 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 13.1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the view() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to activate and deactivate arbitrary plugins, via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| veronalabs | WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative | 0 – through 13.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-352 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/215937d9-739b-4198-b375-6d171bbac64a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2626597%40wp-statistics&new=2626597%40wp-statistics&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/215937d9-739b-4198-b375-6d171bbac64a x_transferred