MonsterInsights Plugin up to 8.9.0 on WordPress Title cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MonsterInsights Plugin up to 8.9.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Title Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-3904. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MonsterInsights Plugin up to 8.9.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Title Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

The MonsterInsights WordPress plugin before 8.9.1 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.

The weakness was disclosed 01/16/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-3904 since 11/09/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 8.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MonsterInsights Plugin 8.9.1

Timelineinfo

11/09/2022 🔍
01/16/2023 +68 days 🔍
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02/09/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-3904 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3904
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218432

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2023 19:31
Updated: 02/09/2023 06:47
Changes: 01/16/2023 19:31 (41), 02/09/2023 06:47 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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