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CVE-2023-6637: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally plugin for WordPress (CVE-2023-6637) contains a vulnerability that allows unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check in the 'update_settings' function. This security flaw affects versions up to and including 4.7.14, discovered and reported by István Márton (Wordfence Weekly Report).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) by Wordfence and 5.3 (Medium) by NVD. The security issue stems from a missing authorization check in the 'update_settings' function, which allows unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to modify the plugin's settings, potentially affecting the way Google Analytics is implemented on the affected WordPress sites. This could lead to disruption of analytics data collection and unauthorized changes to tracking configurations (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to a version newer than 4.7.14 of the CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally plugin. The vulnerability has been patched in subsequent releases (Wordfence Weekly Report).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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