Plugins · ajax-hits-counter · data as of 2026-11-04
Is AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 0.10.210305
- Last updated
- 2021-03-05
- Active installs
- 900+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 1
- Tested up to WP
- 5.7.21
Plugin counts posts views (hits) by using external AJAX based counter script of this plugin, which is best solution for caching whole page or using ot … — by kutsy
What to do
- There is no fixed version yet. If you can live without AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget for now, deactivate it and delete it until the developer ships a fix.
- If you must keep it, limit who can log in (remove unused accounts, especially low-level ones) and put a web application firewall in front of the site.
- Watch for an update: get an email when this page changes.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan, or have us clean it: Emergency Cleanup, $499.
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Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 5.4 affects latest 0.10.210305 CVE-2026-24587 · published 2026-01-23
Missing authorization check in AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget (0.10.210305 and older)
- Affected
- 0.10.210305 and older
- Fixed in
- no fix listed yet
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
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.
Recent activity
- 2021-03-05 — latest release on wordpress.org (0.10.210305).
- 2026-01-23 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-24587), no fix listed yet.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-hits-counter (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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