SQL Injection Vulnerability in Burst Statistics Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5761

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress
Burst Statistics Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 December 2023

Summary

The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly Analytics plugin for WordPress is prone to SQL Injection vulnerabilities due to inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters in the 'url' field. This flaw is present in both free versions (1.4.0 to 1.4.6.1) and pro versions (1.4.0 to 1.5.0). An attacker not requiring authentication can exploit this vulnerability to inject additional SQL queries into legitimate database queries, potentially leading to unauthorized data access and exposure of sensitive information.

Affected Version(s)

Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 1.4.0 <= 1.4.6.1

Burst Statistics Pro 1.4.0 <= 1.5.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

German Ritter
.