CVE Watchtower


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CVE-2026-8181NVD

Vulnerability Summary

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 `is_mainwp_authenticated()` 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.
Severity Level
CRITICAL(9.8)
Published Date
May 14, 2026
Last Modified
May 14, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
4.51%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh