Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Google Analytics by Yoast (google-analytics-for-wordpress) plugin before 5.1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Manually enter your UA code" (manual_ua_code_field) field in the General Settings.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9174 is rated Low Risk (32.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 5.71% | 0.40% | -5.31% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.40% | 5.71% | +5.31% |
| 3 | 2025-03-24 | — | 0.40% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| yoast | google_analytics | <= 5.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
| yoast | google_analytics | 5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:5.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
| yoast | google_analytics | 5.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:yoast:google_analytics:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |