CVE-2026-8944
MediumCVSS 4.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk1th percentile — higher than 1% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Plugin for Google Analytics by IO technologies for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in versions up to and including 1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the Google Analytics settings page (ga.php), allowing unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's stored Google Analytics tracking ID option (io-ga-id) via a forged request, provided they can trick a site administrator into clicking a link.
Risk Assessment
The risk involves the potential replacement of the Google Analytics tracking ID with a malicious one, which could lead to theft of analytics data or redirection of traffic to malicious servers, without the administrator's knowledge.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Plugin for Google Analytics by IO technologies to the latest available version that includes proper nonce validation. If no update is available, consider temporarily disabling the plugin.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Plugin for Google Analytics by IO technologies plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the Google Analytics settings page (ga.php). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugin's stored Google Analytics tracking ID option (io-ga-id) via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.