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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-3953

The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on

Published Apr 30, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · VeronaLabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3953. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of VeronaLabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.27%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor VeronaLabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 0 ≤14.13.3

The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'optionUpdater' function in all versions up to, and including, 14.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary plugin settings.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor VeronaLabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 0 ≤14.13.30 ≤14.13.3

How to fix CVE-2025-3953

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3953. EPSS is 0.27%. Act only if a listed version of VeronaLabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with VeronaLabs WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 0 ≤14.13.3 0 ≤14.13.3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.27%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 30, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'optionUpdater' function in all versions up to, and including, 14.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary plugin settings.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'optionUpdater' function in all versions up to, and including, 14.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary plugin settings.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-3953

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-3953

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12674

    The WP Statistics – The Most Popular Privacy-Friendly Analytics Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'optionUpdater' function in all versions up to, and including, 14.13.3. This makes it possible f

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.