Vulnerability · Published Jan 14, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-0741Electric Studio Download Counter <= 2.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Settings Parameters
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Electric Studio Download Counter from electric-studio. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Electric Studio Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin settings in all versions up to, and including, 2.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| electric-studio | Electric Studio Download Counter | 0 – through 2.4 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a22bba3e-423a-4231-833b-c0be57a3bf7b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/electric-studio-download-counter/trunk/electric-studio-download-counter.php#L186
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/electric-studio-download-counter/tags/2.4/electric-studio-download-counter.php#L186
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/electric-studio-download-counter/trunk/electric-studio-download-counter.php#L202
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/electric-studio-download-counter/tags/2.4/electric-studio-download-counter.php#L202