Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WordPress Visitors Plugin
CVE-2022-4541

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Nitinmaurya12
Status
WordPress Visitors
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 September 2024

Summary

The WordPress Visitors plugin is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities because of its inadequate input sanitization and output escaping mechanisms, specifically when processing spoofed HTTP Header values. This flaw enables unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code into the nm_visitor pages, resulting in the potential execution of arbitrary scripts whenever these pages are accessed by users, posing significant risks to user data and application integrity.

Affected Version(s)

WordPress Visitors * <= 1.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nm-visitors/tr...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nm-visitors/tr...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Mohammadreza Rashidi
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