ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics Plugin up to 3.2.4 on WordPress client_ID/client_secret information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics Plugin up to 3.2.4 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument client_ID/client_secret leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-12540. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics Plugin up to 3.2.4 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument client_ID/client_secret with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This is due to the Google Analytics client_ID and client_secret being stored in plaintext in the publicly visible plugin source. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to craft a link to the sharethis.com server, which will share an authorization token for Google Analytics with a malicious website, if the attacker can trick an administrator logged into the website and Google Analytics to click the link.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12540. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• ShareThis

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• Dashboard for Google Analytics Plugin

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• 3.2.0
• 3.2.1
• 3.2.2
• 3.2.3
• 3.2.4

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