CVE-2021-24438 (GCVE-0-2021-24438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-30 14:11
Modified
2024-08-03 19:28
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
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
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af472879-9328-45c2-957f-e7bed77e4c2dExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af472879-9328-45c2-957f-e7bed77e4c2dExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics Version: 2.5.2   < 2.5.2
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