Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WPS Visitor Counter Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2025-9116
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Key Information:
- Vendor
WordPress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 13 December 2025
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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC
What is CVE-2025-9116?
The WPS Visitor Counter Plugin for WordPress versions up to 1.4.8 contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts via the unvalidated $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter. This lack of proper escaping can lead to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, particularly affecting users of older web browsers. When exploited, this vulnerability can compromise the security of site visitors, enabling attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in their browsers.
Affected Version(s)
WPS Visitor Counter Plugin 0 <= 1.4.8
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.