CVE-2021-24750
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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 38.30% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 5 January 2022
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- codepress/visitor statistics
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 38.3% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165433/WordPress-WP-Visitor-Statistics-4.7-SQL-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2622268Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7528aded-b8c9-4833-89d6-9cd7df3620deExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165433/WordPress-WP-Visitor-Statistics-4.7-SQL-Injection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2622268Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7528aded-b8c9-4833-89d6-9cd7df3620deExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.