CVE-2026-116609 The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'from' (and sibling 'to'/'first'/'
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-116609?
CVE-2026-116609 is a medium-severity vulnerability in osamaesh WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic), published on 28 Oct 2026.
Official description
The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'from' (and sibling 'to'/'first'/'second') shortcode attribute of the [wsm_showTrafficStatsList] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 8.8 This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied attribute and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query: `shortcode_atts()` returns attacker-supplied shortcode attributes verbatim (WP core performs no sanitization), only `$atts['id']` is re-sanitized afterward, and the raw value is then concatenated into a double-quoted SQL string literal inside `fnGetHourlyReportByDateNameTimeZone()` (`includes/wsm_db.php:1449`) and executed via `$wpdb->get_results()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-116609?
How do I fix CVE-2026-116609?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-116609 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-116609 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-116609 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-977q-pq7w-wxx3.