CVE-2026-109930 MAIO CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for WordPress plugin management and security should assess exposure and prioritize verification and remediation to prevent potential visitor information exposure and site security risks. This includes reviewing the MAIO WordPress plugin version and configuration, restricting access to analytics data, and monitoring for potential exploitation attempts.

Why it matters

The MAIO WordPress plugin vulnerability allows unauthenticated access to analytics data, potentially exposing visitor information. Defenders should prioritize verification and remediation to prevent potential exposure.

• Potential exposure of visitor IP addresses, user agents, and referers
• Verification of MAIO WordPress plugin version and configuration required
• Potential impact on visitor privacy and site security

Technical summary

The MAIO WordPress plugin before 7.3.22 does not properly restrict access to its analytics data. This allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the stored crawl-analytics log, including each recorded visitor's IP address, user agent, and referer. The vulnerability is considered medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.3. Defenders should prioritize verifying the MAIO WordPress plugin version and restricting access to analytics data to prevent potential exposure and site security risks. The affected product context indicates that defenders responsible for WordPress plugin management and security should assess exposure and prioritize verification and remediation.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying the MAIO WordPress plugin version and restricting access to analytics data.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify the MAIO WordPress plugin version and update to 7.3.22 or later
• Restrict access to analytics data
• Monitor for potential exploitation attempts
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up

Evidence notes

The CVE record and NVD entry provide limited information about the vulnerability. Further verification is required to determine the affected versions and potential impact. Defenders should verify the MAIO WordPress plugin version and restrict access to analytics data. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated access to analytics data, potentially exposing visitor information.

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Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.