CVE-2025-1507
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in the ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to disable all plugin features by exploiting a missing capability check. All WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 3.2.1 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics WordPress plugin
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers disable all Google Analytics tracking and reporting functionality, disrupting business analytics and potentially violating compliance requirements.
Likely Case
Unauthenticated attackers disable plugin features, causing loss of analytics data collection and dashboard functionality.
If Mitigated
No impact if plugin is patched or removed, or if proper web application firewalls block the exploit.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple HTTP request to vulnerable endpoint can trigger the vulnerability.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 3.2.2 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3255511/googleanalytics/trunk/class/core/class-ga-controller-core.php
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins. 3. Find 'ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 3.2.2+ from WordPress.org and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate googleanalytics
Web Application Firewall rule
allBlock requests to the vulnerable endpoint.
Block HTTP POST requests to */wp-admin/admin-ajax.php* with action parameter containing 'ga_ajax_'
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove the plugin completely and use alternative Google Analytics integration methods.
- Implement strict network access controls to limit who can access the WordPress admin-ajax.php endpoint.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics version. If version is 3.2.1 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get googleanalytics --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 3.2.2 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with action parameters containing 'ga_ajax_' from unauthenticated users
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to admin-ajax.php with suspicious action parameters from external IPs
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri_path="/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" AND http_method="POST" AND (action="ga_ajax_backend" OR action="ga_ajax_frontend") AND user_agent NOT CONTAINS "WordPress"