WP Statistics <= 13.2.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1005
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published May 11, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Taurus Omar
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

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-statistics (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 13.2.2
Patched Version
  • 13.2.2
This record contains material that is subject to copyright

Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.
License: Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy. License Detail.