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CVE-2022-1961: Google Tag Manager for WordPress (GTM4WP) <= 1.15.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Content Element ID

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Google Tag Manager for WordPress (GTM4WP) plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the `gtm4wp-options[scroller-contentid]` parameter found in the `~/public/frontend.php` file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.15.1. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Affected products

• duracelltomi GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress: before 1.15.2 — fixed in 1.15.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: duracelltomi GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 1.15.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/02a21cd0ea0b7bf586131c5eebb69f1d
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2732977%40duracelltomi-google-tag-manager&new=2732977%40duracelltomi-google-tag-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/duracelltomi-google-tag-manager/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/202c14d0-9207-47cb-9410-ca4c70d7b6d2?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1961
• https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/02a21cd0ea0b7bf586131c5eebb69f1d
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2732977%40duracelltomi-google-tag-manager&new=2732977%40duracelltomi-google-tag-manager&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/duracelltomi-google-tag-manager/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/202c14d0-9207-47cb-9410-ca4c70d7b6d2?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-1961

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