Executive brief
Open-Web-Analytics is a web analytics platform used to track and analyze website traffic. An improper authentication vulnerability in the Controller component allows attackers to bypass authentication checks remotely, potentially gaining unauthorized access to sensitive analytics data and administrative functions.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in the checkCapabilityAndAuthenticateUser function within Core/Controller.php. The function fails to properly validate authentication and authorization, allowing attackers to manipulate the authentication logic without valid credentials. The attack is network-accessible and does not require prior authentication. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication controls and access functionality that should be restricted to authenticated administrators. The vulnerability was patched in version 1.10.0 with commit 6fc91c49eebdb8bfdfeed71cb50a5d97eac70f24, which adds proper capability checks and nonce validation.
Affected products
- Open-Web-Analytics Open-Web-Analytics up to 1.9.1
Timeline
- 2026-07-30: patched: Version 1.10.0 released with fix
- 2026-09-08: disclosed