CVE-2026-12592 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The SlimStat Analytics WordPress plugin before 5.5.0 does not escape a visitor-controlled geolocation value before outputting it in its admin analytics reports, allowing unauthenticated visitors to store a cross-site scripting payload that executes in the browser of an administrator who views the reports. Exploitation requires the SlimStat Analytics WordPress plugin before 5.5.0 to be configured to use the Cloudflare geolocation provider.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00204.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3658cae6-f6ae-4ecc-8d74-bb402e61f5d5/

History

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The SlimStat Analytics WordPress plugin before 5.5.0 does not escape a visitor-controlled geolocation value before outputting it in its admin analytics reports, allowing unauthenticated visitors to store a cross-site scripting payload that executes in the browser of an administrator who views the reports. Exploitation requires the SlimStat Analytics WordPress plugin before 5.5.0 to be configured to use the Cloudflare geolocation provider.
Title		SlimStat Analytics < 5.5.0 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via CF-IPCountry Header
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3658cae6-f6ae-4ecc-8d74-bb402e61f5d5/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-20T06:00:03.104Z

Updated: 2026-07-20T13:14:45.585Z

Reserved: 2026-06-18T09:19:56.429Z

Link: CVE-2026-12592

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T13:14:34.533Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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