# Slimstat Analytics <= 5.5.0 - Authenticated (Delegated Settings Access) Missing Authorization to Analytics Data Deletion and Settings Reset

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-1707
- **Plugin:** SlimStat Analytics (`wp-slimstat`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slimstat/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 6.0.0
- **Fixed in:** 6.0.0 (Update to 6.0.0 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H)
- **Weakness:** CWE-862
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin Low, affected versions Low (as of 2026-10-27)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/wp-slimstat
- **Fix released:** 2026-10-26
- **Published:** 2026-10-27
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1707/

## Description

The SlimStat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.0, because the settings page runs its 'truncate-table' and 'reset-settings' actions before it checks the manage_options capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers who have been given access to the SlimStat settings page, which an administrator can grant to lower-privileged roles or users, to delete all collected analytics data and reset the plugin's settings.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1707/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-slimstat/tags/6.0.0/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slimstat/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1707/

License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Free to use, share and adapt, also commercially, if you credit WPSec and link to this advisory.