CVE-2022-0651
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v2025.03.14There is a 29.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
The WP Statistics WordPress plugin is vulnerable to SQL Injection due to insufficient escaping and parameterization of the current_page_type parameter found in the ~/includes/class-wp-statistics-hits.php file which allows attackers without authentication to inject arbitrary SQL queries to obtain sensitive information, in versions up to and including 13.1.5.
Available Exploits
WordPress Plugin WP Statistics <= 13.1.5 - SQL Injection
The WP Statistics WordPress plugin is vulnerable to SQL Injection due to insufficient escaping and parameterization of the current_page_type parameter found in the ~/includes/class-wp-statistics-hits.php file which allows attackers without authentication to inject arbitrary SQL queries to obtain sensitive information, in versions up to and including 13.1.5.
References:
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/
- https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/5dbd58b7f57a5037fe461fba8e696042
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0651
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2679983%40wp-statistics&new=2679983%40wp-statistics&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0651
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Identified and analyzed by Wordfence
Software Type
Patch Status
Published
Software Details
Software Name
WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin
Software Slug
wp-statistics
Affected Versions
Patched Versions
Remediation
Update to version 13.1.6, or a newer patched version
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Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 25, 2022, Modified: March 4, 2022