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

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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

Affected products

ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics: before 2.5.2 — fixed in 2.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics 2.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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