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CVE-2022-1005: WP Statistics < 13.2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Statistics WordPress plugin before 13.2.2 does not sanitise the REQUEST_URI parameter before outputting it back in the rendered page, leading to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in web browsers which do not encode characters

Affected products

• WP Statistics: before 13.2.2 — fixed in 13.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Statistics 13.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f37d1d55-10cc-4202-8d16-9ec2128f54f9
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f37d1d55-10cc-4202-8d16-9ec2128f54f9

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