StatCounter <= 2.0.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

4.8
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24920
CVSS 4.8 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 26, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Ceylan Bozogullarindan

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

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Vulnerability Details for StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.0.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.0.7
Patched Version
  • 2.0.7

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