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MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) <= 5.1.2 — Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2014-9174Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤5.1.2Update to 5.1.3 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Low3.5
CVSS
3.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:R User interaction
Required
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) google-analytics-for-wordpress

  1. Affected≤ 5.1.2
  2. Patched in5.1.3

Update to 5.1.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 5.1.2. Version 5.1.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy).
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 5.1.3, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to SecuBeastTeam.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Google Analytics by Yoast (google-analytics-for-wordpress) plugin before 5.1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Manually enter your UA code" (manual_ua_code_field) field in the General Settings.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)

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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤11.0.0Update to 11.1.0
CVE-2026-11366
High7.1Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure And Plugin Integration Reset
≤10.1.2Update to 10.1.3
CVE-2026-5371
Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤8.21.0Update to 8.22.0
CVE-2023-52220
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤8.14.0Update to 8.14.1
CVE-2023-23999
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤8.12.0Update to 8.12.1
CVE-2023-0081

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity low, CVSS 3.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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