CVE-2026-28175 HIGH

CVE-2026-28175: WordPress Visitors Traffic Real Time Statistics plugin <= 8.11 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Wp-Buy

Product Visitors Traffic Real Time Statistics

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published August 13, 2026

Last update August 13, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Visitors Traffic Real Time Statistics <= 8.11 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Visitors Traffic Real Time Statistics plugin for WordPress contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into the site. An attacker can craft a malicious link that, when clicked by a site visitor or administrator, executes arbitrary JavaScript in their browser. This can lead to session hijacking, credential theft, or malware distribution.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject and execute malicious JavaScript in visitors' browsers to steal credentials or hijack sessions.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Visitors and admins who click malicious links may have sessions hijacked or credentials stolen; site reputation at risk.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must trick a site visitor or admin into clicking a malicious link (user interaction required).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 13, 2026 CVE published

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28175 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2026-28175

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 7.1 / HIGH

Affected versions