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CVE-2026-17506 Detail

Description

The Independent Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 404 not_found_url tracking parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.15.0. This is due to the get_cell_content() function applying urldecode() after esc_url() when rendering the URL column for 404 entries — a sequence that allows percent-encoded HTML to pass URL validation and then be reconstructed as raw markup, which wp_kses_post() does not strip because it retains img elements and data-* attributes, and because the public REST endpoint /iawp/search accepts unauthenticated requests as long as they carry a signature that is itself embedded in public page HTML. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L458 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/REST_API.php#L86 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Resource_Identifier.php#L126 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Tables/Table.php#L142 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/independent-analytics/tags/2.15.0/IAWP/Views/View.php#L206 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3627446%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php&old=3618630%40independent-analytics%2Ftrunk%2FIAWP%2FUtils%2FRequest.php Wordfence
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/90ea5c51-e739-42c1-a276-851ad800ff00?source=cve Wordfence

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Wordfence  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-17506
NVD Published Date:
08/05/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/05/2026
Source:
Wordfence