Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-9174

Title: Yoast Google Analytics Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-9174.

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Dec 02, 2014
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-9174: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Y
yoast 1
B
bestwebsoft 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-9174 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.