TI-2025-20799 Aliases CVE-2025-28856 GHSA-hxrr-rqj9-gv3m

WordPress W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats plugin <= 4.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

LOW 37CWE-352Published 2025-03-11 · Updated 2026-04-28

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in dangrossman W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats blog-stats-by-w3counter allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats: from n/a through <= 4.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00195 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
dangrossman	W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats	up to 4.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats Vendordangrossman Affected up to 4.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:w3counter:w3counter::::::wordpress::*	up to 4.1	Vulnerable	W3counter

cpe:2.3:a:w3counter:w3counter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 4.1 Vulnerable ·W3counter

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-28856
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hxrr-rqj9-gv3m

References

Advisory 1

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/blog-stats-by-w3counter/vulnerability/wordpress-w3counter-free-real-time-web-stats-plugin-4-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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Sources

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