Vulnerability · Published Apr 30, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-3953WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin <= 14.13.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Update
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'optionUpdater' function in all versions up to, and including, 14.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary plugin settings.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| veronalabs | WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative | 0 – through 14.13.3 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N