CVE-2026-8181
CRITICAL
9,8
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 3.4.0 to 3.4.1.1. This is due to incorrect return-value handling in the `is_mainwp_authenticated()` function when validating application passwords from the Authorization header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, with knowledge of an administrator username, to impersonate that administrator for the duration of the request by supplying any random Basic Authentication password achieving privilege escalation.
287
Improper Authentication
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Read Application Data
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
ICS/OT, Not Technology-Specific, Web Based
https://github.com/Burst-Statistics/burst-statistics/blob/2488d3fa54045e7e5342b…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includ…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includ…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includ…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/tags/3.4.1.1/includ…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Fron…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Fron…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Fron…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/includes/Trai…
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ca830d6-3d3c-4026-85…