WP Statistics <= 13.1.4 Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via exclusion_reason

Description

The WP Statistics WordPress plugin is vulnerable to SQL Injection due to insufficient escaping and parameterization of the exclusion_reason parameter found in the ~/includes/class-wp-statistics-exclusion.php file which allows attackers without authentication to inject arbitrary SQL queries to obtain sensitive information, in versions up to and including 13.1.4. This requires the "Record Exclusions" option to be enabled on the vulnerable site.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

53.5% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• CWE-89 SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-89 and its CVEs

Affected products

• VeronaLabs · WP Statistics

  • affected 13.1.4 – ≤ 13.1.4

What to do

Solution: Update to version 13.1.5 or newer.

References (2)

• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/02/unauthenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-patched-in-wordpress-statistics-plugin/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2671297/wp-statistics/trunk/includes/class-wp-statistics-hits.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2022-0513](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2022-0513.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-0513)

Record last updated 10 Feb 2025, 14:53 UTC.