Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-0513
CVE-2022-0513
Description
The WP Statistics WordPress plugin is vulnerable to SQL Injection due to insufficient escaping and parameterization of the exclusion_reason parameter found in the ~/includes/class-wp-statistics-exclusion.php file which allows attackers without authentication to inject arbitrary SQL queries to obtain sensitive information, in versions up to and including 13.1.4. This requires the "Record Exclusions" option to be enabled on the vulnerable site.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:veronalabs:wp_statistics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:veronalabs:wp_statistics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <=13.1.4
- (no CPE)range: 13.1.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2671297/wp-statistics/trunk/includes/class-wp-statistics-hits.phpnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/02/unauthenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-patched-in-wordpress-statistics-plugin/nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
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