CVE-2025-2164

MEDIUM EPSS 22.0%
Published Mar 15, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.1 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 15, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The pixelstats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_id' and 'sortby' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.1
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
22.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
pixelstatspixelstats* ≤0.8.2

References 4

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pixelstats/tags/0.8.2/pixelstats.php#L331
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pixelstats/tags/0.8.2/pixelstats.php#L664
    Product
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixelstats/
    Product
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8683bc00-1136-42c4-a256-84b2cac1d575?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.