CVE-2025-28856

HIGH 8.8CVE-2025-28856 · Published 11/03/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2025-28856 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting w3counter (w3counter).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.19%, higher than 9.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
w3counter w3counter	`≤ 4.1`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

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 · Third Party Advisory

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