Passionate Brains GA4WP Google Analytics for WordPress Broken Access Control Vulnerability

A broken access control vulnerability has been identified in the GA4WP: Google Analytics for WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 2.10.0. This vulnerability arises from missing authorization checks, allowing unprivileged users to perform actions reserved for higher privileges.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could enable an unprivileged user to execute actions that require higher privileges, potentially leading to unauthorized changes or access within the WordPress site.

Remediation

Users are advised to upgrade to a version of the GA4WP: Google Analytics for WordPress plugin later than 2.10.0. For those using Patchstack, a mitigation rule is available to block attacks until an official patch can be safely applied.