CVE-2022-4656 WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 6.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode

What is CVE-2022-4656?

CVE-2022-4656 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic), published on 13 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4656?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Codepress Visitor Statistics.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4656?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4656 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-4656 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4656 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)

• CVE-2023-0600 WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 6.9 - Unauthenticated SQLi Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-33965 WordPress WP Visitor Statistics plugin <= 5.7 - Multiple Unauthenticated SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerabilities Critical 9.3
• CVE-2022-0410 WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 5.6 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2021-24750 WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 4.8 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2021-25042 WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 5.5 - Arbitrary IP Address Exclusion to Stored XSS Medium 5.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-wx36-cxf5-rg36.