Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-19794WP-Stats <= 2.56 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site scripting in WP-Stats from gamerz. 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 25% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The WP-Stats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.56 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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N