Visitors: Cross-site scripting
Visitors is affected by cross-site scripting. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Visitors
- Plugin slug
visitors-online- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 14, 2021
This CVE was published Jun 14, 2021 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Visitors to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Visitors WordPress plugin through 0.3 is affected by an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The plugin would display the user's user agent string without validation or encoding within the WordPress admin panel.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N