What is CVE-2025-2164?

CVE-2025-2164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pixelstats, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2025-2164?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Pixelstats

CVE-2025-2164

The pixelstats plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_id' and 'sortby' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pixelstats — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2164?: CVE-2025-2164 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pixelstats, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-2164?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.