CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
46.1%
The WordPress plugin
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:monsterinsights:monsterinsights";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127585");
script_version("2023-10-19T05:05:21+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-19 05:05:21 +0000 (Thu, 19 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-10-13 13:30:11 +0000 (Fri, 13 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-01-24 18:23:00 +0000 (Tue, 24 Jan 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-3904");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("WordPress MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin < 8.9.1 XSS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/google-analytics-for-wordpress/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'MonsterInsights - Google Analytics
Dashboard' is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin does not sanitize or escape page titles in the top
posts/pages section, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary web scripts into
the titles by spoofing requests to google analytics.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard prior
to version 8.9.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.9.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/244d9ef1-335c-4f65-94ad-27c0c633f6ad/");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "8.9.1" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.9.1", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );