# Slimstat Analytics <= 5.5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Shortcodes

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-1708
- **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 4.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-200
- **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-2026-1708/

## Description

The SlimStat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure via its shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.0 due to the shortcodes displaying personal data, access logs and user reports without verifying that the viewer is allowed to view analytics. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to embed the shortcode in a post and view visitor personal data and access logs they are not authorized to see.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1708/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-slimstat/tags/6.0.0/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slimstat/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1708/

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.