CVE-2025-3869
📋 TL;DR
The 4stats WordPress plugin has a Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to trick administrators into performing unauthorized actions. This can lead to settings modification and injection of malicious scripts. All WordPress sites using 4stats plugin versions up to 2.0.9 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- 4stats WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could inject persistent malicious scripts that compromise all site visitors, potentially leading to credential theft, malware distribution, or complete site takeover.
Likely Case
Attackers modify plugin settings or inject temporary malicious scripts that affect site functionality or steal administrator sessions.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and user awareness, exploitation requires sophisticated social engineering and may be detected by security monitoring.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires social engineering to trick authenticated administrators, but the technical exploit is simple once the victim is lured.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.1.0 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://wordpress.org/plugins/4stats/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 4stats plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and delete plugin, then install fresh version from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDeactivate the 4stats plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate 4stats
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement Content Security Policy headers to restrict script execution
- Use WordPress security plugins that detect and block CSRF attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins → 4stats version. If version is 2.0.9 or lower, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get 4stats --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify 4stats plugin version is 2.1.0 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=4stats
- Multiple failed nonce validations for 4stats endpoints
- Unexpected settings changes in 4stats configuration
Network Indicators:
- Suspicious referrer headers in requests to 4stats endpoints
- CSRF attack patterns in web application firewall logs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND (uri_path="/wp-admin/admin.php" AND query_string="page=4stats") AND http_method="POST"