CVE-2026-3570
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Smarter Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to missing authentication and capability checks on the configuration reset functionality in the global scope of smarter-analytics.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset all plugin configuration and delete all per-page/per-post analytics settings via the 'reset' parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Smarter Analytics WordPress plugin up to version 2.0 lacks authentication and capability checks on the reset functionality in smarter-analytics.php. This allows unauthenticated attackers to reset all plugin configuration and delete all per-page/per-post analytics settings by supplying the 'reset' parameter.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Smarter Analytics pluginCheck the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/smarter-analytics/) for the smarter-analytics.php fileAffected if The plugin directory and file exist in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen smarter-analytics.php and check the plugin header (comment block at top) for the 'Version' field, or check the readme.txt file in the plugin directoryAffected if The version is 2.0 or lower (or if the version field cannot be found, treat as affected)
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Verify the vulnerable reset code existsOpen smarter-analytics.php and search for code handling the 'reset' parameter (look for $_REQUEST['reset'] or $_POST['reset'] or $_GET['reset'] within the file)Affected if Code that processes a 'reset' parameter without authentication checks is present in the file
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Check if the site is publicly accessibleDetermine if the WordPress site is exposed to the internet (not behind authentication, firewall, or IP restriction)Affected if The site is accessible without authentication, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger the reset parameter
The site is affected if Smarter Analytics plugin version 2.0 or lower is installed, the vulnerable reset handling code exists in smarter-analytics.php, and the site is accessible to unauthenticated users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the plugin to version 2.1 or later which includes proper authentication and capability checks. Until then, disable the plugin or restrict access at the web server level.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-3570 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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