Slimstat Analytics Plugin for WordPress < 4.7.1 PHP Object Injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 105022

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Synopsis

The remote web server is running a PHP application that is affected by a PHP object injection vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Slimstat Analytics Plugin for WordPress running on the remote web server is prior to 4.7.1. It is, therefore, affected by a PHP object injection vulnerability. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to inject PHP objects and execute arbitrary code.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the Slimstat Analytics Plugin for WordPress to version 4.7.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105022

File Name: wordpress_slimstat_analytics_471.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/5/2017

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress, cpe:/a:slimstatanalytics:slimstatanalytics

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2017

Detections

Analytics