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MonsterInsights Google Analytics WordPress plugin XSS vulnerability affects 3 Million Websites (web.archive.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 0x815@feddit.de to c/technology

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The XSS vulnerability can be leveraged to obtain unauthorized access to a website and can lead to user data theft or a full site takeover.

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[–] Fortyseven 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TL;DR - the plugin is "MonsterInsights", a Google Analytics dashboard

[–] 0x815@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

I changed the title to make that clear. Thanks.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Serves them right violating their users' privacy.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Here's a gift from me to Google Analytics: 🖕

Vulnerabilities are bound to come up when plugins and software is designed to intrusively collect data from the user.