ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics <= 2.5.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via ga_action parameter

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24438
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published August 2, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher renniepak
Description

The ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not sanitise or escape the 'ga_action' parameter in the stats view before outputting it back in an attribute when the plugin is connected to a Google Analytics account, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug googleanalytics (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.2
Patched Version
  • 2.5.2
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