CVE-2025-31449
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WordPress plugin 'The Visitor Counter' allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions as authenticated users, leading to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). This affects all WordPress sites using The Visitor Counter plugin versions up to and including 1.4.3. Attackers can inject malicious scripts that execute when other users view affected pages.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress The Visitor Counter plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could inject persistent malicious scripts that steal session cookies, redirect users to phishing sites, or perform administrative actions on the WordPress site, potentially leading to complete site compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers inject malicious JavaScript that steals user session cookies or redirects visitors to malicious sites, compromising user accounts and site integrity.
If Mitigated
With proper CSRF protections and input validation, the vulnerability would be prevented, maintaining normal plugin functionality without security risks.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires tricking authenticated users into visiting malicious pages while logged into WordPress.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 1.4.3
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'The Visitor Counter' and check if update is available. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. If no update is available, deactivate and delete the plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable The Visitor Counter plugin
WordPressTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched version is available
wp plugin deactivate the-visitor-counter
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable The Visitor Counter plugin completely
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block CSRF attempts and XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for The Visitor Counter version. If version is 1.4.3 or earlier, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get the-visitor-counter --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify The Visitor Counter plugin version is higher than 1.4.3 in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to visitor counter endpoints from unexpected referrers
- JavaScript injection patterns in plugin-related database entries
Network Indicators:
- CSRF token validation failures
- Unexpected cross-origin requests to WordPress admin-ajax.php
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("the-visitor-counter" OR "visitor_counter") AND (POST OR "admin-ajax")