High severity · published Aug 19, 2026
CVE-2026-15780
WP Statistics <= 14.16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'utm_campaign' Parameter
7.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'utm_campaign' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.8 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. The payload can be planted without authentication via the public /wp-statistics/v2/hit REST endpoint, because the required signature is exposed on the public homepage and a base64-encoded page_uri POST parameter overrides the previously sanitized REQUEST_URI, allowing the malicious utm_campaign value to bypass sanitization and be stored in the database.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% 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 14.16.8 · source: vendor
Affected product
WS
WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
veronalabs
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15780
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15780
github.com
https://github.com/wp-statistics/wp-statistics/commit/6ab74427778b89c9e88471e9dd7407d9055a9b34
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/assets/dev/javascript/helper.js#L267
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/includes/api/v2/class-wp-statistics-api-hit.php#L78
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/includes/class-wp-statistics-helper.php#L1462
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/includes/class-wp-statistics-hits.php#L102
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.7/views/components/tables/referred-visitors.php#L79
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