Known vulnerabilities in SRS Simple Hits Counter

Display unique visitor or page-view counts anywhere on your site using widgets or shortcodes — Simple, very lightweight and no third-party code.

2Reported vulnerabilities

7.5Highest CVSS score

2.2.3Latest version

8,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update SRS Simple Hits Counter to 1.1.1 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 31, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.0 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2020-5766	High 7.5	7.2%	1.0.3 to 1.0.3 (inclusive) 1.0.4 to 1.0.4 (inclusive)	`1.1.0`	July 13, 2020
CVE-2023-22709	Medium 4.3	0.3%	1.1.0 and earlier	`1.1.1`	January 19, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.