CVE-2015-9273

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The wp-slimstat (aka Slimstat Analytics) plugin before 4.1.6.1 for WordPress has XSS via an HTTP Referer header, or via a field associated with JavaScript-based Referer tracking.

Affected products

veronalabs SlimStat Analytics: before 4.1.6.1 — fixed in 4.1.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: veronalabs SlimStat Analytics 4.1.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org//wp-slimstat/tags/4.1.6.1/readme.txt
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1204104
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/1
http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org//wp-slimstat/tags/4.1.6.1/readme.txt
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1204104
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/1

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