Description

WordPress Plugin Beautiful Stat Counter for WordPress-Everest Counter Lite [only if downloaded via the vendor website] contains suspicious code. Attackers can exploit this issue to perform a variety of actions. Successful attacks will compromise the affected application and possibly the webserver or computer. WordPress Plugin Beautiful Stat Counter for WordPress-Everest Counter Lite version 2.0.7 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.0.8 or latest

References

https://jetpack.com/2022/01/18/backdoor-found-in-themes-and-plugins-from-accesspress-themes/

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Severity

High

Classification

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update CWE-912 CVE-2021-24867