WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 8.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 8.2 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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 8.3

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Peter Thaleikis
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-08-20 (about 11 months ago)
Added
2025-08-26 (about 11 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-08-26 (about 11 months ago)

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