CVE-2024-12072 Analytics Cat – Google Analytics Made Easy <= 1.1.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via crafted links, potentially executing code in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12072?
CVE-2024-12072 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in fatcatapps Analytics Cat – Google Analytics Made Easy, published on 12 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Analytics Cat – Google Analytics Made Easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action, such as clicking on a specially crafted link. CVE-2025-24615 is likely a duplicate of this.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12072?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12072?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12072 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-2024-12072 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12072 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xvrp-wwhw-mrx5.