CVE-2022-3132 Goolytics - Simple Google Analytics < 1.1.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Goolytics WordPress plugin, potentially compromising admin sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-3132?
CVE-2022-3132 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Goolytics – Simple Google Analytics, published on 3 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Goolytics WordPress plugin before 1.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3132?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Goolytics Project Goolytics.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3132?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3132 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-3132 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3132 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xw96-874r-24gc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-3132.