Vulnerabilities and security researches forsimple-download-counter simple-download-counter

Jun 06, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-4838
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple Download Counter
Application: Simple Download Counter
Date: Sep 09, 2023
Research Description: The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes like 'before' and 'after'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

Mar 04, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-1730
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple Download Counter
Application: Simple Download Counter
Date: Mar 01, 2025
Research Description: The Simple Download Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 via the 'simple_download_counter_download_handler'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including any local file on the server, such as wp-config.php or /etc/passwd.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 24, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-46240
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple Download Counter
Application: Simple Download Counter
Date: Apr 22, 2025
Research Description: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jeff Starr Simple Download Counter allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Simple Download Counter: from n/a through 2.2.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable