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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-4656 · published 13 February 2023

CVE-2022-4656: Codepress visitor statistics cross-site scripting vulnerability

Codepress · Visitor Statistics

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 6.5 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.48% · top 61.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score
0.48%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 6.5 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05976ed8-5a26-4eae-adb2-0ea3b2722391 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05976ed8-5a26-4eae-adb2-0ea3b2722391 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-4656), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.