Burst Statistics โ€“ Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress <= 1.5.6.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via burst_total_pageviews_count

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-1894
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 12, 2024
Last Updated March 13, 2024
Researcher Webbernaut

Description

The Burst Statistics โ€“ Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'burst_total_pageviews_count' custom meta field in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Note that this exploit only functions if the victim has the 'Show Toolbar when viewing site' option enabled in their profile.

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Vulnerability Details for Burst Statistics โ€“ Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug burst-statistics (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.5.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.6.1
Patched Version
  • 1.5.7

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