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WordPress Post Views Counter Plugin < 1.3.5 XSS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The WordPress plugin Post Views Counter is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The plugin does not sanitise or escape its Post Views Label settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform XSS attacks in the frontend even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Affected Software
Affected Software
WordPress Post Views Counter plugin through version 1.3.4.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.3.5 or later.