The Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title Download Counter <= 1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via name Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-08-05T07:24:16.380Z

Updated: 2025-08-05T14:43:11.464Z

Reserved: 2025-07-28T22:27:05.992Z

Link: CVE-2025-8294

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-05T14:41:55.863Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-05T08:15:26.973

Modified: 2025-08-05T14:34:17.327

Link: CVE-2025-8294

cve-icon Redhat

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