Description

Subscriber SQL Injection in Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics Pro <= 11.10 versions.

Executive Summary

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{
  "score": "8.5",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-13T14:17:04.987Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-13T14:17:04.987Z",
  "executiveSummary": "A Subscriber SQL Injection vulnerability has been identified in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics Pro plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 11.10. This security flaw arises from improper neutralization of special elements within SQL queries, allowing low-privileged authenticated users, specifically those with Subscriber privileges, to manipulate database queries.\nThe primary impact of this vulnerability is unauthorized access to sensitive database contents, potentially leading to the extraction of confidential data, including user credentials, configuration settings, and application state. In certain configurations, successful exploitation could facilitate privilege escalation, data tampering, or full database compromise.\nThe attack vector requires network access and a valid user account with Subscriber-level privileges to interact with the vulnerable component. Attackers possessing these minimal capabilities can craft malicious HTTP requests containing injected SQL syntax, which the application executes directly against the underlying database management system without adequate sanitization or parameterized query enforcement.\nGiven that Subscriber accounts are often easy to register or provision in targeted environments, the risk implication is significant. Organizations utilizing the affected Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics Pro <= 11.10 versions are exposed to database compromise unless immediate remediation steps are implemented.",
  "technicalDetails": "The vulnerability is classified as an SQL Injection (SQLi) flaw residing within the database interaction layer of the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics Pro plugin for versions <= 11.10. The root cause stems from the application dynamically constructing SQL queries by directly concatenating user-supplied input without proper sanitization, escaping, or the utilization of prepared statements and parameterized queries.\nAuthentication and privilege requirements dictate that an attacker must authenticate with at least a Subscriber-level role within the target application. While Subscriber is a low-privileged role typically restricted from administrative functions, the presence of this SQL injection vector bypasses intended application logic authorization boundaries by leveraging the underlying database connection permissions.\nThe attack flow initiates when an authenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP request containing malicious SQL payloads directed at the vulnerable component within the plugin. Because the application fails to validate or sanitize the input parameters before passing them to the database query handler, the injected SQL commands are merged into the execution context of the primary query.\nPayload behavior involves manipulating the database logic, allowing the execution of UNION-based, boolean-based, or time-based blind SQL injection techniques. This enables the attacker to infer or directly retrieve database contents, manipulate records, or execute administrative operations depending on the database user privileges configured for the web application.\nPost-exploitation impact includes unauthorized data exfiltration, compromise of sensitive user information, potential modification of application data, and in scenarios where the database user possesses excessive administrative privileges, potential operating system command execution or full infrastructure compromise."
}