# CVE-2025-28856: WordPress W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats plugin \<= 4.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-11 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- blog-stats-by-w3counter: through 4.1

## Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in dangrossman W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats blog-stats-by-w3counter allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats: from n/a through <= 4.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on blog-stats-by-w3counter, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/blog-stats-by-w3counter/vulnerability/wordpress-w3counter-free-real-time-web-stats-plugin-4-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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