CVE-2026-5371 Missing authorization in MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
Authenticated subscribers can retrieve Google OAuth tokens and reset Google Ads integration due to missing capability checks in the MonsterInsights plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-5371?
CVE-2026-5371 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in chriscct7 MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy), published on 12 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability checks on the get_ads_access_token() and reset_experience() functions in all versions up to, and including, 10.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve live Google OAuth access tokens and reset Plugins's Google Ads integration.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-5371?
How do I fix CVE-2026-5371?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-5371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-5371 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-5371 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wx44-v3qh-c2jf.