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.

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

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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
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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

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Updated: 2026-08-14T07:39:28.891Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-19794

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Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-19794

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