CVE-2025-49861: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2025-49861) has been identified in Timur Kamaev's Kama Click Counter WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 4.0.3. The vulnerability was discovered on May 26, 2025, and publicly disclosed on June 12, 2025. The issue has been assigned 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 (Wiz, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The exploitation requires Contributor-level privileges to execute. The vulnerability allows for the injection of malicious scripts through specific plugin functionalities (Patchstack, Wiz).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability enables malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 4.0.4 of the Kama Click Counter plugin. Users are strongly advised to update to version 4.0.4 or later to remediate this security issue. Patchstack users can enable auto-update functionality for vulnerable plugins (Wiz, Patchstack).