---
id: CVE-2026-97652
title: >-
  The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
  plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via
  REQUEST_URI Query-Parameter Key in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.14
  due to insu…
summary: >-
  The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
  plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via
  REQUEST_URI Query-Parameter Key in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.14
  due to insu…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: veronalabs
product: 'WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative'
affected:
  - >-
    wp_statistics_simple_privacy-friendly_google_analytics_alternative <=
    14.16.14
published: '2026-10-02'
updated: '2026-10-02'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-02T13:18:55.613'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97652'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/wp-statistics/wp-statistics/pull/1148'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/assets/dev/javascript/filters/generator.js#L383
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/assets/dev/javascript/filters/generator.js#L392
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Abstracts/MultiViewPage.php#L82
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L258
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L283
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-statistics/tags/14.16.14/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php#L310
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3722421/wp-statistics/trunk/src/Service/Admin/Referrals/ReferralsPage.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3722421%40wp-statistics%2Ftags%2F14.16.15&old=3702973%40wp-statistics%2Ftags%2F14.16.14
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f1d2fe2-816b-46ee-8ab5-ae9936ac9ded?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-02T10:15:55.902Z'
---

## Overview

The WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Query-Parameter Key in all versions up to, and including, 14.16.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

## Remediation

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