CVE-2025-31449
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in EricH The Visitor Counter the-visitor-counter allows Stored XSS.This issue affects The Visitor Counter: from n/a through <= 1.4.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCSRF vulnerability in The Visitor Counter plugin (<=1.4.3) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into performing unintended actions that store malicious XSS payloads. The lack of CSRF token validation on state-changing operations enables cross-site request forgery, leading to stored XSS that executes when other users view the affected content.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if The Visitor Counter plugin is installedInspect the WordPress plugins directory at wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'the-visitor-counter' or similar variant. Alternatively, query the WordPress database table wp_options for option_name containing 'active_plugins' and check the serialized list.Affected if The plugin folder or database entry exists in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed version of The Visitor Counter pluginOpen the main plugin PHP file (typically the primary PHP file in the plugin folder) and locate the version comment or the Version header in the plugin file header. Alternatively, check the WordPress plugin repository or the plugin's readme.txt file for the version number.Affected if Version number returned is less than or equal to 1.4.3
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Verify administrative access to the plugin settingsLog into the WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to the plugin settings page (usually under Settings or a dedicated menu item for The Visitor Counter). Confirm the logged-in user has administrator privileges.Affected if Administrator account can access the plugin admin interface and submit settings forms
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Confirm the plugin handles form submissions without CSRF protectionInspect the plugin's PHP source code for form handling functions (POST/GET requests to admin pages). Search for presence of nonce verification using wp_verify_nonce, check_admin_referer, or similar CSRF token validation functions in the form processing logic.Affected if Form processing logic lacks nonce verification or CSRF token validation before processing state-changing requests
The environment is affected if The Visitor Counter plugin is installed with version 1.4.3 or lower AND an administrator can access the plugin settings interface, making them vulnerable to CSRF-amplified stored XSS attacks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) on all form submissions and state-changing requests, validate Origin/Referer headers server-side, and ensure robust input sanitization and output encoding to prevent stored XSS execution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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