CVE-2024-1809

Analytify – Google Analytics Dashboard For WordPress (GA4 analytics made easy) <= 5.2.3 - Missing Authorization

2024-04-29 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 5.2.4
Affected Plugin: Analytify – Google Analytics Dashboard For WordPress (GA4 analytics tracking)
Affected Version: <= 5.2.3
CVSS: 5.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-497 · Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
CVE: CVE-2024-1809

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At a glance

CVE-2024-1809 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in the Analytify WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.2.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 5.2.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Lucio Sá.

Vulnerability Overview

The Analytify – Google Analytics Dashboard For WordPress (GA4 analytics made easy) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on AJAX functions in combination with nonce leakage in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and higher, to obtain certain sensitive information related to plugin settings.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-497: Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

The product does not properly prevent sensitive system-level information from being accessed by unauthorized actors who do not have the same level of access to the underlying system as the product does.

Remediation

Update to version 5.2.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Analytify 5.2.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1809 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a659071-df11-4318-86c2-7881163c8b62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1809

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Analytify – Google Analytics Dashboard For WordPress (GA4 analytics tracking)

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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