CVE-2014-9174

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Published Dec 2, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Google Analytics by Yoast (google-analytics-for-wordpress) plugin before 5.1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Manually enter your UA code" (manual_ua_code_field) field in the General Settings.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics::::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:5.1:::::wordpress::
	cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:5.1.1:::::wordpress::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8999	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Google Analytics by Yoast (google-analytics-for-wordpress) plugin before 5.1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Manually enter your UA code" (manual_ua_code_field) field in the General Settings.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (1.959% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71330
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99053
https://twitter.com/yoast/status/537569224307511296
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/changelog/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7692

History

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Subscriptions

Yoast Google Analytics

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:33 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 2, 2014, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:33 PM
Reserved: Dec 2, 2014, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 2, 2014, 4:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:17 AM

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