Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24920StatCounter < 2.0.7 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 48.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats 2.0.7 – before 2.0.7

Weakness: CWE-79

References