Fathom Analytics <= 3.0.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

4.8
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-41836
CVSS 4.8 (Medium)
Publicly Published December 8, 2021
Last Updated December 9, 2022
Researcher José Aguilera

Description

The Fathom Analytics WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via the $site_id parameter found in the ~/fathom-analytics.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 3.0.4. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

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Vulnerability Details for Fathom Analytics for WP

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug fathom-analytics (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.0.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.4
Patched Version
  • 3.0.5

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