WordPress WP Visitor Statistics Plugin Broken Access Control Vulnerability

A missing authorization vulnerability has been identified in the WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress, affecting versions through 7.5. This vulnerability allows unprivileged users to exploit improperly configured access control levels, potentially leading to unauthorized actions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unprivileged user to perform actions that require higher privileges, due to the lack of proper authorization checks in the affected plugin.

Remediation

Users of the WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin should update to version 7.6 or later to address this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins.