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GHSA-977Q-PQ7W-WXX3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-28 09:31 – Updated: 2026-10-28 09:31

Details

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'from' (and sibling 'to'/'first'/'second') shortcode attribute of the [wsm_showTrafficStatsList] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 8.8 This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied attribute and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query: shortcode_atts() returns attacker-supplied shortcode attributes verbatim (WP core performs no sanitization), only $atts['id'] is re-sanitized afterward, and the raw value is then concatenated into a double-quoted SQL string literal inside fnGetHourlyReportByDateNameTimeZone() (includes/wsm_db.php:1449) and executed via $wpdb->get_results(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-28T07:16:47Z",
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      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/00dbb2e7-5989-4fb9-b30b-ee582bf39e3f?source=cve"
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CVE-2026-116609 (GCVE-0-2026-116609)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-28 06:45 – Updated: 2026-10-29 01:41

Title

WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) <= 8.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'from' Shortcode Attribute

Summary

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'from' (and sibling 'to'/'first'/'second') shortcode attribute of the [wsm_showTrafficStatsList] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 8.8 This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied attribute and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query: `shortcode_atts()` returns attacker-supplied shortcode attributes verbatim (WP core performs no sanitization), only `$atts['id']` is re-sanitized afterward, and the raw value is then concatenated into a double-quoted SQL string literal inside `fnGetHourlyReportByDateNameTimeZone()` (`includes/wsm_db.php:1449`) and executed via `$wpdb->get_results()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-29 01:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2299 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sta…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sta…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sta…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sta…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3768…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
osamaesh	WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)	Affected: 0 , ≤ 8.8 (semver)

Credits

Wordfence PRISM

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