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6.4
StatCounter plugin for WordPress allows attackers to inject malicious scripts
CVE-2025-13048
Summary
The StatCounter plugin for WordPress has a security flaw that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into your website, potentially harming visitors. This can happen if an attacker has contributor-level access or higher. To protect your site, update the plugin to the latest version or consider replacing it with a different one.
Original title
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 insuffici...
Original description
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.
nvd CVSS3.1
6.4
Vulnerability type
CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Published: 19 Feb 2026 · Updated: 11 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026