CVE-2025-13048
Official StatCounter Plugin <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Nickname
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the user's Nickname in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | statcounter |
| Product | statcounter – free real time visitor stats |
| Published | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
statcounter / StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats
0 ≤ 2.1.0
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bcde42fb-6f61-4174-a44a-bb28e4855062?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L274 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3407998%40official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress&new=3407998%40official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Credits
Dmitrii Ignatyev