Threat Entry Updated 2026-07-21

CVE-2026-6275 - Free Real Time Visitor Stats Plugin

The StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.1.1 This is due to insufficient output escaping on the post author's nickname in the statcounter_addToTags() function. The function is hooked to wp_head and fires on every single post page. It retrieves the post author's nickname via the_author_meta() and echoes it directly into a JavaScript double-quoted string context inside a block without applying esc_js() or any equivalent JavaScript-context escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with…

PLUGIN Free Real Time Visitor Stats

CVE-2026-6275

MEDIUM CVSS 6.4 2026-05-29

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Threat Entry Updated 2026-02-19

CVE-2025-13048 - Free Real Time Visitor Stats Plugin

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.

PLUGIN Free Real Time Visitor Stats

CVE-2025-13048

MEDIUM CVSS 6.4 2026-02-19

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