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Visitors Online by BestWebSoft vulnerabilities

Visitors Online by BestWebSoft has 3 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 14 Jun 2021.

Known vulnerabilities
3
Active installs
1,000+
Latest version
1.1.6
Last updated
9 Jun 2025
Most recent
14 Jun 2021

Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.

VulnerabilitySeverityAffectedFixPublished
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2021-24350
Medium 6.1Up to 0.3Fixed in a later version (latest 1.1.6)14 Jun 2021
Cross-site scripting (XSS)
CVE-2017-18537
Medium 6.1Before 1.0.0Fixed in 1.0.021 Aug 2019
SQL injection
CVE-2015-9325
Critical 9.8Before 0.4Fixed in 0.416 Aug 2019
Read the published descriptions
CVE-2021-24350, 14 Jun 2021
The Visitors WordPress plugin through 0.3 is affected by an Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The plugin would display the user's user agent string without validation or encoding within the WordPress admin panel. CVE record
CVE-2017-18537, 21 Aug 2019
The visitors-online plugin before 1.0.0 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues. CVE record
CVE-2015-9325, 16 Aug 2019
The visitors-online plugin before 0.4 for WordPress has SQL injection. CVE record

What to do if you run Visitors Online by BestWebSoft

If you run Visitors Online by BestWebSoft, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.

If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.

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