WordPress plugin · advanced-page-visit-counter
Is Advanced Page Visit Counter safe?
Closed. Replace it.
wordpress.org closed it on Jan 19, 2024 (security issue), so it gets no more security fixes, and 7 flaws are on record. If your site runs it, move to a maintained alternative.
- Flaws on record
- 7
- High or critical
- 4
- Exploited
- none
Every recorded flaw
- May 15, 2025Advanced Page Visit Counter: Does not sanitise and escape some of its settingsCVE-2023-5529 · fixed in 8.0.6 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.8
- Apr 15, 2024Advanced Page Visit Counter: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2024-32098 · affects up to 8.0.6 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.6
- Dec 20, 2023Advanced Page Visit Counter – Most Wanted Analytics Plugin for: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2023-28788 · affects up to 6.4.2 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
- Dec 14, 2023Advanced Page Visit Counter – Most Wanted Analytics Plugin for: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2023-50371 · affects up to 8.0.6 · reported by PatchstackMedium 6.5
- Nov 6, 2023Advanced Page Visit Counter – Most Wanted Analytics Plugin for: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')CVE-2023-45074 · affects up to 7.1.1 · reported by PatchstackHigh 8.5
- May 2, 2022Advanced Page Visit Counter: Does not sanitise and escape some input before outputting it in an admin dashboard pageCVE-2021-25086 · fixed in 6.1.2 · reported by WPScan1.3% oddsMedium 6.1
- Apr 25, 2022Advanced Page Visit Counter: Does not escape the artID parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the apvc_reset_count_art AJAX actionCVE-2021-24957 · fixed in 6.1.6 · reported by WPScan1.3% oddsHigh 8.8
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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