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CVE-2024-0405: Burst Statistics Really Simple Plugins <= 1.5.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-01-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress plugin, version 1.5.3, is vulnerable to Post-Authenticated SQL Injection via multiple JSON parameters in the /wp-json/burst/v1/data/compare endpoint. Affected parameters include 'browser', 'device', 'page_id', 'page_url', 'platform', and 'referrer'. This vulnerability arises due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and the lack of adequate preparation in SQL queries. As a result, authenticated attackers with editor access or higher can append additional SQL queries into existing ones, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information from the database.

Affected products

• burstbv Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative): before 1.5.3 — fixed in 1.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: burstbv Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) 1.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/statistics/class-statistics.php?rev=3011996#L380
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/statistics/class-statistics.php?rev=3011996#L926
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3020809%40burst-statistics%2Ftrunk&old=3012004%40burst-statistics%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e349f07d-a520-4700-a6e0-25e68c1deeae?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/statistics/class-statistics.php?rev=3011996#L380
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/burst-statistics/trunk/statistics/class-statistics.php?rev=3011996#L926
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3020809%40burst-statistics%2Ftrunk&old=3012004%40burst-statistics%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e349f07d-a520-4700-a6e0-25e68c1deeae?source=cve

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