Medium severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-116609
WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) <= 8.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'from' Shortcode Attribute
New
6.5
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'from' (and sibling 'to'/'first'/'second') shortcode attribute of the [wsm_showTrafficStatsList] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 8.8 This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied attribute and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query: `shortcode_atts()` returns attacker-supplied shortcode attributes verbatim (WP core performs no sanitization), only `$atts['id']` is re-sanitized afterward, and the raw value is then concatenated into a double-quoted SQL string literal inside `fnGetHourlyReportByDateNameTimeZone()` (`includes/wsm_db.php:1449`) and executed via `$wpdb->get_results()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WV
WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) · osamaesh
through 8.8 · source: vendor
Affected product
WV
WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)
osamaesh
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116609
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116609
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00dbb2e7-5989-4fb9-b30b-ee582bf39e3f?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.8/includes/wsm_db.php#L1449
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.8/includes/wsm_statistics.php#L2002
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.8/includes/wsm_statistics.php#L1980
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-stats-manager/tags/8.8/includes/wsm_db.php#L1629
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3768203/wp-stats-manager/trunk/includes/wsm_db.php
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