Description
WordPress Plugin Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by MonsterInsights is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting and security bypass vulnerabilities. Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks or to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently modify some of the settings associated with the plug-in. WordPress Plugin Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by MonsterInsights version 5.3.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 5.3.3 or latest
References
http://klikki.fi/adv/yoast_analytics.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/136
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130935/Yoast-Google-Analytics-Stored-Cross-Site-Scripting.html