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CVE-2021-24613

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
September 20, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Post Views Counter WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 does not sanitise or escape its Post Views Label settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks in the frontend even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected WordPress components

  • Post Views Counter Plugin · post-views-counter
    Possible match Active
    From 1.3.5 (including) to 1.3.5 (excluding)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Post Views Counter — From 1.3.5 (including) to 1.3.5 (excluding)
  • dfactory post_views_counter — Before 1.3.5

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b8c5947-bc73-448e-8f10-a4f4456e4000 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record