What is CVE-2026-16562?

CVE-2026-16562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Statistics, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-16562?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Wp Statistics

CVE-2026-16562

The WP Statistics WordPress plugin before 14.16.10 does not perform a capability check on a set of dashboard analytics AJAX handlers, relying only on a nonce that every authenticated user holds, allowing users with Subscriber-level access and above to disclose the site's visitor analytics data.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Wp Statistics — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16562?: CVE-2026-16562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Statistics, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-16562?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.