CVE-2018-1000556

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

WordPress version 4.8 + contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plugins.php or core wordpress on delete function that can result in An attacker can perform client side attacks which could be from stealing a cookie to code injection. This attack appear to be exploitable via an attacker must craft an URL with payload and send to the user. Victim need to open the link to be affected by reflected XSS. .

Affected products

WP Statistics: before 12.0.6 — fixed in 12.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Statistics 12.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/04/28/reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-wp-statistics/
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2017/04/28/reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-wp-statistics/

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