CVE-2025-12452 Visit Counter 1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into updating settings and injecting malicious scripts via CSRF in the Visit Counter plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12452?
CVE-2025-12452 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bestiadurmiente Visit Counter, published on 4 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Visit Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in version 1.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the widgets.php page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update settings and inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12452?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12452?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12452 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-12452 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12452 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-546r-87jx-5rwj.