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.

EPSS: 0.001 (2.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Unknown Wps Visitor Counter — versions 0

References

contact@wpscan.com (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.