CVE-2021-25086 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Advanced Page Visit Counter WordPress plugin before 6.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some input before outputting it in an admin dashboard page, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins viewing it

Published: 2022-05-02

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Advanced Page Visit Counter – Advanced WordPress Visit Counter

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.1.2`	affected	< 6.1.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:advanced_page_visit_counter_project:advanced_page_visit_counter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01301.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2cf9e517-d882-4af2-bd12-e700b75e7a11

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Advanced Page Visit Counter Project Advanced Page Visit Counter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-05-02T16:05:31.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:56:09.909Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25086

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-02T16:15:08.037

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:41:26.160

Link: CVE-2021-25086

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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