CVE-2026-5737Independent Analytics <= 2.14.9 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via Tracking Route
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Independent Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.14.9. This is due to a public tracking route at /wp-json/iawp/search that accepts attacker-controlled referrer_url values when the signature matches, combined with a scheduled favicon fetcher that performs unrestricted cURL requests to stored domains. The signature validation is insufficient because the signature is embedded in publicly-accessible JavaScript and the salt is static per site, allowing attackers to extract valid signatures. The favicon downloader uses raw cURL functions without any SSRF protection mechanisms (no localhost blocking, no private network filtering, and does not use WordPress's wp_safe_remote_* functions). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious referrer domains into the database and trigger server-side requests to arbitrary hosts including internal services.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 51 days later
· 51 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
bensibley · Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin
- affected ≤ 2.14.9
References
References10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/06ecc40c-6a63-4354-9f49-1925896622f5?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/Favicon/FaviconDownloader.php#L57 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/Favicon/FaviconDownloader.php#L57 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/REST_API.php#L409 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/REST_API.php#L409 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/Views/View.php#L252 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/Views/View.php#L252 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/trunk/IAWP/FetchFaviconsJob.php#L27 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.14.4/IAWP/FetchFaviconsJob.php#L27 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3537814%40independent-analytics&new=3537814%40independent-analytics&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-32702 (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)
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