High 7.2Published Aug 5, 2026

CVE-2026-17506Independent Analytics <= 2.15.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:40 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The Independent Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 404 not_found_url tracking parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.15.0. This is due to the get_cell_content() function applying urldecode() after esc_url() when rendering the URL column for 404 entries — a sequence that allows percent-encoded HTML to pass URL validation and then be reconstructed as raw markup, which wp_kses_post() does not strip because it retains img elements and data-* attributes, and because the public REST endpoint /iawp/search accepts unauthenticated requests as long as they carry a signature that is itself embedded in public page HTML. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS: 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

bensibley Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin bensibley:independent_analytics_wordpress_analytics_plugin (from the name)	through 2.15.0	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/90ea5c51-e739-42c1-a276-851ad800ff00?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Tables/Table.php#L142
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L458
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L86
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Resource_Identifier.php#L126
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Views/View.php#L206
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3627446%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php&old=3618630%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php

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