WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) <= 4.7 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2021-24750
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	December 22, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Ron Jost (Hacker5preme)

Description

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 4.8 does not properly sanitise and escape the refUrl in the refDetails AJAX action, available to any authenticated user, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to perform SQL injection attacks

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-stats-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 4.8
Patched Version	4.8

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