CVE-2026-17506
7.2 HIGHPublished 2026-08-05 · Updated 2026-08-05
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary scripts via the 404 not_found_url parameter, leading to cross-site scripting (XSS). This matters because it can be exploited to steal user data or manipulate web pages.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is relatively easy due to the public REST endpoint and lack of authentication requirements for signature validation. Attackers need to craft a malicious URL with percent-encoded HTML.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, this could affect any user accessing an injected page, potentially leading to data theft or page manipulation across many users.
- Prioritized remediation
- Update to the latest version of the Independent Analytics plugin for WordPress, which should address the vulnerability.
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NVD description
The Independent Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 404 not_found_url tracking parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.15.0. This is due to the get_cell_content() function applying urldecode() after esc_url() when rendering the URL column for 404 entries — a sequence that allows percent-encoded HTML to pass URL validation and then be reconstructed as raw markup, which wp_kses_post() does not strip because it retains img elements and data-* attributes, and because the public REST endpoint /iawp/search accepts unauthenticated requests as long as they carry a signature that is itself embedded in public page HTML. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79
All references
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L458
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L86
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Resource_Identifier.php#L126
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Tables/Table.php#L142
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Views/View.php#L206
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3627446%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php&old=3618630%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/90ea5c51-e739-42c1-a276-851ad800ff00?source=cve
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