CVE-2026-97341: wordpress visitors-traffic-real-time-statistics Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-97341 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress visitors-traffic-real-time-statistics. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.4% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 8.17.

Timeline

1. 03-10-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'X-Real-IP' HTTP Header in all versions up to, and including, 8.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires no authentication, no nonce, and no capability — the wp_ajax_nopriv_ahcfree_track_visitor endpoint accepts the forged X-Real-IP header from any unauthenticated HTTP request and stores the entity-encoded payload verbatim in the database.

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.