CVE-2026-19938.8HighCWE-269

CVE-2026-1993: ExactMetrics 7.1.0 - 9.0.2 - Authenticated (Custom) Improper Privilege Management to Role Privilege Escalation via Settings Update

smub · ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin)

Affected: smub ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin) · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

38th percentile

050100

Higher than 38% of scored CVEs

8.8HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

The ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management in versions 7.1.0 through 9.0.2. This is due to the `update_settings()` function accepting arbitrary plugin setting names without a whitelist of allowed settings. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the `exactmetrics_save_settings` capability to modify any plugin setting, including the `save_settings` option that controls which user roles have access to plugin functionality. The admin intended to delegate configuration access to a trusted user, not enable that user to delegate access to everyone. By setting `save_settings` to include `subscriber`, an attacker can grant plugin administrative access to all subscribers on the site.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

smub · ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin)from 7.1.0 up to and including 9.0.2

On the Atlas

Every published CVE is on the CyberSIXT Atlas, grouped by weakness, vendor and month.

Open the Atlas

Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Privilege Management · Access Control
Vendor: smub
Published: March 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), March 2026

CoverageNo articles yet

No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2026-1993 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.