# CVE-2024-1176: HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin <= 1.1.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated GA4 Email Update

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify the GA4 email association due to a missing capability check in the HT Easy GA4 WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f72f-qr76-p29v

## What is CVE-2024-1176?

CVE-2024-1176 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in htplugins HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the login() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the email associated through the plugin with GA4.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1176?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hasthemes Ht Easy Ga4.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1176?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1176 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1176 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1176 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in htplugins HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: htplugins HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1176/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1176/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1176
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1176
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1176

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1176/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.