CVE-2026-24587 (GCVE-0-2026-24587)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-23 14:29 – Updated: 2026-01-23 21:03
VLAI?
Title
WordPress AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget plugin <= 0.10.210305 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in kutsy AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget ajax-hits-counter allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget: from n/a through <= 0.10.210305.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kutsy AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget Affected: n/a , ≤ <= 0.10.210305 (custom)
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Credits
Nabil Irawan | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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