Medium severity · published Apr 30, 2025
CVE-2025-3953
WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin <= 14.13.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Update
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WS
WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative · veronalabs
through 14.13.3 · source: vendor
Affected product
WS
WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
veronalabs
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3953
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3953
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.13.2/src/Service/Admin/AjaxOptionUpdater.php#L33
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3283791/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07f7ef07-0f14-4b74-8d47-d5dece4954b0?source=cve
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