MonsterInsights <= 8.9.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Analytics

5.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-3904
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 23, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Grzegorz Niedziela

Description

The MonsterInsights plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post titles and pages in versions up to, and including, 8.9.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on those values. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page if they are able to successfully spoof a request to Google Analytics.

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Vulnerability Details for MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug google-analytics-for-wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 8.9.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 8.9.0
Patched Version
  • 8.9.1

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