What is CVE-2025-9116?

CVE-2025-9116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wps Visitor Counter, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-9116?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wps Visitor Counter

CVE-2025-9116

The WPS Visitor Counter WordPress plugin through 1.4.8 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.

Published 2025-12-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 3.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Wps Visitor Counter — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/fe2eb926-96e8-419e-bf41-5531546e6590/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-9116?: CVE-2025-9116 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wps Visitor Counter, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2025-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-9116?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.