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.
Published: 2026-08-14
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Gamerz
Gamerz wp-stats
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Gamerz
Gamerz wp-stats
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title WP-Stats <= 2.56 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Gamerz Wp-stats
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T10:25:41.585Z

Reserved: 2026-08-13T19:37:39.500Z

Link: CVE-2026-19794

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T10:25:31.218Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T08:17:38.130

Modified: 2026-08-14T11:16:57.360

Link: CVE-2026-19794

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T09:45:05Z

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