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MAIO WordPress Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-102837

| CVE-2026-109930 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-10-16 WPScan GHSA-rc38-42pj-ccjg
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify vulnerable MAIO plugin (<7.3.22)
  2. Delivery
    Extract hard-coded API key from public source
  3. Exploit
    Send request to analytics endpoint with key
  4. Execution
    Retrieve stored crawl-analytics log
  5. Impact
    Harvest visitor IPs, user agents, referers

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

The target site must run the MAIO WordPress plugin at a version before 7.3.22 with its crawl-analytics logging in use so that visitor records exist to disclose. The only 'prerequisite' is knowledge of a credential value that the plugin ships verbatim in its own publicly distributed source code, which the plugin accepts as a valid API key - so there is effectively no authentication barrier and no non-default configuration is required. Limiting factors are the scope of impact rather than access: exploitation yields only stored visitor telemetry (IP address, user agent, referer), not credentials, admin access, or write capability, and the flaw grants no integrity or availability impact.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity information disclosure flaw whose signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, base 5.3) describes remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity access with only limited confidentiality impact (C:L, I:N, A:N) - a realistic reflection of the issue, since the plugin accepts a credential value hard-coded verbatim in its own publicly readable source as a valid API key, effectively making the 'authentication' decorative. A publicly available exploit exists (WPScan), which raises practical exploitability, but no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score were provided, so there is no evidence of active or widespread exploitation at this time; the POC signal and the absence of KEV are distinct and should not be conflated. The realistic ceiling of harm is disclosure of stored crawl-analytics (visitor IP, user agent, referer) - reconnaissance/privacy-grade data, not credentials or code execution - so despite trivial exploitability this is a lower priority than a 5.3 with integrity or availability impact would be. Net: a genuine but bounded issue - patch in normal cycles, prioritize if the site handles sensitive visitor populations. EPSS and SSVC data were not supplied and could not be factored in.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker reads the MAIO plugin's public source to obtain the hard-coded API key value, then sends a single crafted request to the plugin's analytics endpoint supplying that key. The server returns the stored crawl-analytics log, exposing every recorded visitor's IP address, user agent, and referer. A public exploit for this is available via WPScan, and the low attack complexity (AC:L) means it requires no special timing or conditions.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Unauthenticated information disclosure in the MAIO WordPress plugin before version 7.3.22 allows any remote attacker to retrieve the plugin's stored crawl-analytics log - including each recorded visitor's IP address, user agent, and referer - by presenting a credential value that ships verbatim in the plugin's own publicly distributed source as a valid API key. Because the accepted key is readable by anyone who downloads the plugin, there is effectively no authentication barrier: the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms remote, unauthenticated exploitation with no user interaction, and no non-default configuration is required beyond the analytics logging being in use so that records exist. Publicly available exploit code exists via the WPScan advisory; the impact is confined to telemetry disclosure with no integrity or availability effect, giving a moderate CVSS score of 5.3.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released patch by upgrading the MAIO WordPress plugin to version 7.3.22 or later, which is the fixed version identified in the advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45887eb3-93f9-4345-a72a-de627f23820c/). If an immediate upgrade is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to stop the exposure rather than rotate anything: deactivate the plugin's crawl-analytics logging and purge or restrict access to the stored log, since the accepted API key is published in the plugin source and rotating a hard-coded credential provides no lasting protection. In addition, block network requests to the plugin's analytics-retrieval endpoint with a web application firewall rule or server-level path denial, understanding that this will also break the plugin's own analytics dashboard views for administrators until the upgrade is applied. As a detection follow-up, review web server and WAF logs for requests to the plugin's analytics path from unexpected source addresses, treating any such access as evidence that visitor IP addresses, user agents, and referers recorded by the site may have already been exfiltrated; the trade-off of blocking the endpoint is loss of crawl-analytics functionality, which is preferable to continued unauthenticated disclosure of visitor telemetry. No vendor workaround other than removal or endpoint blocking is described in the available data, and no patch-availability signal beyond the fixed 7.3.22 release is provided.

Affected VersionsENISA

MAIO 0 <7.3.22

Affected Packages

euvd maio fix: 7.3.22

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The MAIO plugin is a WordPress add-on that maintains a crawl-analytics log of incoming traffic and exposes that data through an endpoint protected by an API-key check. The root cause class - no CWE identifier is assigned in the source data - is the pairing of a hard-coded credential with an insufficient authorization check: the plugin's own publicly distributed source contains a credential value that the endpoint accepts verbatim as a valid API key, so the secret is not secret at all and the check provides no meaningful access control. Requests reaching the analytics-retrieval path therefore succeed without any authenticated WordPress session, nonce, or capability check. The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N indicates the attack is network-reachable, low complexity, requires no privileges and no user interaction, and is scoped solely to confidentiality with a limited (partial) loss - consistent with exposure of stored visitor telemetry rather than credentials, administrative data, or write access. The CPE entry (cpe:2.3:a:unknown:maio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) uses an unassigned vendor namespace and encodes no version boundaries, so version filtering must come from the vendor advisory rather than the CPE string; the disclosure is reported by WPScan and tracked under a single reference URL that also serves as the exploit source.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated read using a source-code-published key gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N; disclosure limited to visitor metadata is C:L with no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 16, 2026 - 12:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 16, 2026 - 11:08 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The MAIO WordPress plugin before 7.3.22 does not properly restrict access to its analytics data, treating a credential value shipped verbatim in its own public source as a valid API key, which allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the stored crawl-analytics log, including each recorded visitor's IP address, user agent and referer.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress analytics plugin, limited install base
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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