Burst Statistics <= 3.7.4 - Unauthenticated Security Protection Bypass via REST API Optimizer Route Detection
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-3046
- Plugin
- Burst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) (burst-statistics)
- Affected
- all versions before 3.7.5
- Remediation
- Update to 3.7.5 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Usage
- Plugin High · Affected versions High among sites WPSec scans, 2026-11-13
- Attack surface
- Burst Statistics on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The Burst Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a protection mechanism bypass via the REST API Optimizer must-use plugin in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.4, due to insufficient validation of the request when deciding that a request is a Burst REST request and other plugins can be skipped. A request whose path starts with /wp-json/burst/v1/ but carries a 'rest_route' query or form parameter, or whose path uses dot segments or percent-encoding that WordPress resolves through PATH_INFO, is sent by WordPress to a different REST route while the other plugins stay unloaded. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reach core or third-party REST routes, such as the user listing, without the plugins that restrict REST API access, on sites that use such a plugin.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-3046/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/burst-statistics/tags/3.7.5/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/burst-statistics/
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