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CVE-2022-4761: Post Views Count <= 3.0.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS in Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: 2023-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Post Views Count WordPress plugin through 3.0.2 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

• Post Views Count (Support caching plugins!): through 3.0.2

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad163020-8b9c-42cb-a55f-b137b224bafb
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad163020-8b9c-42cb-a55f-b137b224bafb

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