cve-2026-8181
HIGH vulncheck_kev
Description
The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 3.4.0 to 3.4.1.1. This is due to incorrect return-value handling in the `is_mainwp_authenticated()` function when validating application passwords from the Authorization header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, with knowledge of an administrator username, to impersonate that administrator for the duration of the request by supplying any random Basic Authentication password achieving privilege escalation.
Timeline
- Published
- 2026-05-14 00:00 UTC
- Last Modified
- 2026-05-14
CVSS Details
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Affected Products
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Linked Vulnerabilities
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"cvss": 0.0,
"datePublished": "2026-05-14T00:00:00Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-05-14T00:00:00Z",
"description": "The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 3.4.0 to 3.4.1.1. This is due to incorrect return-value handling in the `is_mainwp_authenticated()` function when validating application passwords from the Authorization header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, with knowledge of an administrator username, to impersonate that administrator for the duration of the request by supplying any random Basic Authentication password achieving privilege escalation.",
"dueDate": "",
"id": "CVE-2026-8181",
"kev_catalogs": [
"vulncheck"
],
"knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
"product": "Burst Statistics",
"requiredAction": "Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.",
"severity": "HIGH",
"source": "vulncheck_kev",
"title": "burst-statistics burst_statistics Improper Authentication",
"vendor": "Burst Statistics B.V."
}
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