vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress: CVE-2021-24920: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jan 26, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 26, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The StatCounter WordPress plugin before 2.0.7 does not sanitise and escape the Project ID and Secure Code settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Solution
official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress-plugin-cve-2021-24920
References
Rapid7 Labs
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