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HistoryOct 13, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin < 8.14.1 XSS Vulnerability

2023-10-1300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
wordpress
monsterinsights
google analytics
xss
vulnerability
update

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.7%

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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127587");
  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 13:47:11 +0000 (Fri, 13 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-05-25 16:29:00 +0000 (Thu, 25 May 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-23999");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("WordPress MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin < 8.14.1 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 validate and escape some of its shortcode
  attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard prior
  to version 8.14.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 8.14.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28005da9-a1eb-42c1-bd2f-648c78394962/");

  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: "8.14.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "8.14.1", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.7%

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