---
id: CVE-2025-9116
title: >-
  The WPS Visitor Counter WordPress plugin through 1.4.8 does not escape the
  $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute,
  which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.
summary: >-
  The WPS Visitor Counter WordPress plugin through 1.4.8 does not escape the
  $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute,
  which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'
published: '2025-12-13'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T19:10:00.160'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9116'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fe2eb926-96e8-419e-bf41-5531546e6590/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00146
epssPercentile: 0.0335
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T19:44:15.657Z'
---

## Overview

The WPS Visitor Counter WordPress plugin through 1.4.8 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.