PT-2026-20590 · WordPress · Statcounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats

Dmitry Ignatyev · Published 2026-02-19 · Updated 2026-02-23 · CVE-2025-13048

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.1.1

Description The StatCounter plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will then execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page. The vulnerability is related to the Nickname field.

Recommendations Update the StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats plugin for WordPress to version 2.1.1 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-13048

Affected Products

Statcounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13048 · Security Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/45063 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2025892088512966786 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bcde42fb-6f61-4174-a44a-bb28e4855062?source=cve · Note
• 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= · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L274 · Note