CVE-2023-25466 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahlamusa Who Hit The Page – Hit Counter plugin <= 1.4.14.3 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0007.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mahlamusa

Who Hit The Page – Hit Counter

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.4.14.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mahlamusa:who_hit_the_page_-_hit_counter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Mahlamusa Subscribe	Who Hit The Page - Hit Counter Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-29421	Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahlamusa Who Hit The Page – Hit Counter plugin <= 1.4.14.3 versions.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/who-hit-the-page-hit-counter/wordpress-who-hit-the-page-hit-counter-plugin-1-4-14-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-08-30T15:23:15.988Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:08.932Z

Reserved: 2023-02-06T12:38:06.874Z

Link: CVE-2023-25466

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:18.156Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T16:15:09.187

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:19:47.267

Link: CVE-2023-25466

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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