------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cross-Site Scripting in Google Analytics Dashboard WordPress Plugin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yorick Koster, July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Google Analytics Dashboard WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress Administrator into opening a malicious website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE-20160724-0026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tested versions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This issue was successfully tested on Google Analytics Dashboard [2] WordPress Plugin version 2.1.1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is currently no fix available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Google Analytics Dashboard [2] WordPress Plugin gives access to your Google Analytics data directly inside your WordPress blog. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the Google Analytics Dashboard WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This issue exists in the file gad-admin-options-ui.php and is caused due to the lack of output encoding on the ga_email option/request parameter. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress Administrator into opening a malicious website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proof of concept ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ References ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [1] https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/cross_site_scripting_in_google_analytics_dashboard_wordpress_plugin.html [2] https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard/