pixelstats Plugin up to 0.8.2 on WordPress post_id/sortby cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in pixelstats Plugin up to 0.8.2 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument post_id/sortby leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-2164. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in pixelstats Plugin up to 0.8.2 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument post_id/sortby with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The pixelstats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_id' and 'sortby' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

The weakness was published by Johannes Skamletz. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-2164 since 03/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• pixelstats Plugin

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• 0.8.0
• 0.8.1
• 0.8.2

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