CVE-2025-13048 (GCVE-0-2025-13048)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-19 03:25 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:18
VLAI
Title
Official StatCounter Plugin <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Nickname
Summary
The StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the user's Nickname in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev
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