CVE-2025-3953

WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin <= 14.13.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Update

2025-04-29 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 14.13.4
Affected Plugin: WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
Affected Version: <= 14.13.3
CVSS: 5.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2025-3953

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At a glance

CVE-2025-3953 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WP Statistics WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 14.13.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 14.13.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2025, reported by Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc).

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'optionUpdater' function in all versions up to, and including, 14.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary plugin settings.

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-862: Missing Authorization

WP Statistics <= 14.13.3 carries this weakness at optionUpdater, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For WP Statistics the fix is 14.13.4: builds <= 14.13.3 are affected, anything from 14.13.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 14.13.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Statistics 14.13.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3953 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07f7ef07-0f14-4b74-8d47-d5dece4954b0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3953

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CVSS Vector

5.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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