WP Statistics <= 13.2.5 - Information Disclosure

2022-09-07 00:00
Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 13.2.6
Affected Version
13.2.5
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE
CVE pending
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At a glance

This record tracks a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the WP Statistics WordPress plugin, affecting versions 13.2.5. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 13.2.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2022.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure via the Metabox REST API in versions up to, and including, 13.2.5. This allows all authenticated users to access statistics generated by the plugin.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in WP Statistics 13.2.5 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For WP Statistics the fix is 13.2.6: builds 13.2.5 are affected, anything from 13.2.6 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 13.2.6, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: WP Statistics 13.2.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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