---
id: CVE-2026-100153
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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. Thi…
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
published: '2026-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T04:18:03.177'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100153'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newstatpress/tags/1.4.5/includes/nsp-core.php#L876
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newstatpress/tags/1.4.5/newstatpress.php#L1453
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newstatpress/tags/1.4.5/newstatpress.php#L839
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fe3a7196-690b-45bb-a34f-05981f6780f1?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T05:14:27.653Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.