Stored XSS in Google Analytics by Yoast Premium allows privileged users to attack other users (WordPress plugin)

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Details
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Software: Google Analytics by Yoast Premium
Version: 5.4.4
Homepage: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/google-analytics/
Advisory report: https://security.dxw.com/advisories/xss-in-google-analytics-by-yoast-premium-by-privileged-users/
CVE: Awaiting assignment
CVSS: 5.5 (Medium; AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Description
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Stored XSS in Google Analytics by Yoast Premium allows privileged users to attack other users

Vulnerability
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A user with the “manage_options” capability but not the “unfiltered_html” capability is able to add arbitrary 
JavaScript to a page visible to admins.
In the default configuration of WordPress, all users with the “manage_options” capability have the “unfiltered_html” 
capability. However it is possible to remove the “unfiltered_html” capability from (non-super) admin users. Therefore 
this presents a vulnerability in which an authenticated user is able to exceed their privileges.

Proof of concept
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Remove the “unfiltered_html” capability from the admin role and log in as a non-super admin
For testing you can remove that capability from all users with this line: add_filter(‘user_has_cap‘, function 
($allcaps, $cap, $args) { $allcaps[‘unfiltered_html‘] = false; return $allcaps; }, 10, 3);
Visit Analytics > Settings
Click the Advanced tab
Enter the following into the Subdomain tracking field (including the quotes): ” onfocus=”alert(1)
Click Save changes
Refresh the page
Click the Advanced tab
Focus the Subdomain tracking field by clicking it or tabbing to it
alert(1) will be called


Mitigations
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Upgrade to version 5.4.5 or later.
If all users have the ‘unfiltered_html’ capability, or there is only one admin, then there is no issue.

Disclosure policy
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This vulnerability will be published if we do not receive a response to this report with 14 days.

Timeline
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2015-07-21: Discovered
2015-07-22: Reported to vendor via email
2015-07-22: Requested CVE
2015-07-10: Vendor confirmed fixed in version 5.4.5
2015-07-10: Published



Discovered by dxw:
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Tom Adams
Please visit security.dxw.com for more information.
          


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