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CVE-2026-8181

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.

Published May 14, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026

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 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.

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  1. May 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 function when validating application passwords from the Authorization header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, with knowledge of an administrato

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 function when validating application passwords from the Authorization header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, with knowledge of an administrato

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  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8181

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    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-8181

    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 function when val

    nvd.nist.gov

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