CVE-2025-3869: 4stats <= 2.0.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The 4stats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the stats/stats.php page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-3869
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Affected Products
Vendor: 4stats
Product: 4stats
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 8.08% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3869https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/453b246f-7e39-4adb-9506-77d96146ab50?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/4stats/tags/2.0.9/4stats.php
https://wordpress.org/plugins/4stats/