4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-9174
Google Analytics by Yoast WordPress XSS Injection
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 2, 2014, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 8, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-9174 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9174 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Yoast google_analytics
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Plecost - Wordpress finger printer Tool

Python Makefile Batchfile Shell Dockerfile

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
338 stars 76 fork 76 watcher
Born at : March 17, 2014, 6:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-9174 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9174 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99053 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99053 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 12, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/99053
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/changelog/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/changelog/ Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:5.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CWE CWE-79
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-9174 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.25 }} 0.00%

score

0.61509

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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