CVE-2026-100153

7.2High

Published 14 Oct 2026 · NVD status: Deferred · AI triage by gemini-3.8-flash

7.2High

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None
Impact: Limited impact
Weakness: CWE-79

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary web scripts in visitors' browsers by requesting malicious URLs that get logged. Exploitation requires the site to display the [NewStatPress type="Top Pages"] shortcode publicly and for the crafted URL to receive enough visits to show in the rankings.

Root cause

The plugin fails to sanitize and escape QUERY_STRING and REQUEST_URI values before storing and rendering them via shortcode output.

Affected systems

NewStatPress plugin for WordPress through version 1.4.5

CVSS v3.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Fix & remediation

No fixed version is specified; deactivate the plugin or remove the [NewStatPress type="Top Pages"] shortcode from all public-facing pages.

shell

$ wp plugin deactivate newstatpress

AI-suggested. Run it in staging first and check it against the vendor advisory. Why?

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NVD description

The NewStatPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'QUERY_STRING / REQUEST_URI' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 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. Exploitation requires that an administrator has placed the [NewStatPress type="Top Pages"] shortcode on a publicly viewable page, and that the attacker's crafted URL accumulates enough hits to appear in the top-N ranking.

References

Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100153