WP-Stats EUVD-2026-57861

The primary remediation is to update WP-Stats to a version released after 2.56 once a patched build is published by the plugin author Lester Chan. No exact patched version number was confirmed in the available input data; administrators should verify the current release directly via the WordPress.org plugin repository changelog and the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-stats/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-stats-plugin-2-56-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. As an immediate interim measure, deactivating or uninstalling WP-Stats removes the attack surface entirely, though this eliminates all statistical tracking functionality provided by the plugin. Alternatively, deploying a web application firewall with XSS filtering rules - such as Patchstack's virtual patching service - can block exploitation attempts at the network perimeter without requiring plugin removal; note that WAF-based controls can be bypassed by sufficiently motivated attackers and should not substitute for patching once a fix is available.