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WordPress Plugin: wp-statistics: CVE-2022-25306: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Feb 16, 2022

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WP Statistics WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the browser parameter found in the ~/includes/class-wp-statistics-visitor.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto several pages that execute when site administrators view a sites statistics, in versions up to and including 13.1.5.

Solution

wp-statistics-plugin-cve-2022-25306

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25306
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bcb68038-96a6-40b6-a37c-757fc19cbe0c?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-29990
CVE-2022-25306
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-25306
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2022-29990

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