CVE-2025-49400: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 8.2. The vulnerability was discovered by Peter Thaleikis and was officially published on August 20, 2025 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's functionality (Rapid7).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, data theft, or site defacement (Rapid7).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 8.3 of the WP Visitor Statistics plugin. Users are advised to update to version 8.3 or later to remediate this security issue. The security issue has been classified as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).