Google Tag Manager for WordPress <= 1.15 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Site Search

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1707
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 19, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Cory Buecker
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Description

The Google Tag Manager for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the s parameter due to the site search populating into the data layer of sites with insufficient sanitization in versions up to an including 1.15. The affected file is ~/public/frontend.php and this could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug duracelltomi-google-tag-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.15.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.15
Patched Version
  • 1.15.1

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