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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-6275
Deferred
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-security@wordfence.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-29 May, 2026 | 07:16
Updated At-29 May, 2026 | 13:09

The StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.1.1 This is due to insufficient output escaping on the post author's nickname in the statcounter_addToTags() function. The function is hooked to wp_head and fires on every single post page. It retrieves the post author's nickname via the_author_meta() and echoes it directly into a JavaScript double-quoted string context inside a <script> block without applying esc_js() or any equivalent JavaScript-context escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute whenever any user (including unauthenticated visitors) accesses a post authored by the attacker.

CISA Catalog
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Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary3.16.4MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Type: Primary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 6.4
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE Matches

Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-79Primarysecurity@wordfence.com
CWE ID: CWE-79
Type: Primary
Source: security@wordfence.com
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References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L266security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L274security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/trunk/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L266security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/trunk/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L274security@wordfence.com
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fofficial-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1&new_path=%2Fofficial-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.2security@wordfence.com
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/30e0bf40-7f7b-43e6-8439-6dc00a889344?source=cvesecurity@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L266
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L274
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/trunk/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L266
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/trunk/StatCounter-Wordpress-Plugin.php#L274
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fofficial-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.1&new_path=%2Fofficial-statcounter-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/2.1.2
Source: security@wordfence.com
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Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/30e0bf40-7f7b-43e6-8439-6dc00a889344?source=cve
Source: security@wordfence.com
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