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CVE-2021-24920: StatCounter < 2.0.7 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The StatCounter WordPress plugin before 2.0.7 does not sanitise and escape the Project ID and Secure Code settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

• StatCounter: before 2.0.7 — fixed in 2.0.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: StatCounter 2.0.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2664933
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b00b5037-8ce4-4f61-b2ce-33315b39454e
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2664933
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b00b5037-8ce4-4f61-b2ce-33315b39454e

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