CVE-2026-8181
The Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 3.4.0 to 3.4.1.1. This is due to incorrect return-value handling in the `is_mainwp_authenticated()` function when validating application passwords from the Authorization header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, with knowledge of an administrator username, to impersonate that administrator for the duration of the request by supplying any random Basic Authentication password achieving privilege escalation.
Published:May 14, 2026
Last Modified:May 14, 2026
EPS:May 14, 2026
EPSS Score:0.0026
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Burstbv
Product
Burst Statistics – Privacy-friendly Wordpress Analytics (google Analytics Alternative)
Burstbv
Burst Statistics – Privacy-friendly Wordpress Analytics (google Analytics Alternative)
Vendor
Wordpress
Product
Wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
