2026-05-12 22:24CVE-2026-5371Wordfence
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-862

MonsterInsights <= 10.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure And Plugin Integration Reset

The MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability checks on the get_ads_access_token() and reset_experience() functions in all versions up to, and including, 10.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve live Google OAuth access tokens and reset Plugins's Google Ads integration.

Problem type

Affected products

chriscct7

MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)

<= 10.1.2 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-wx44-v3qh-c2jf

The MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) plugin...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wx44-v3qh-c2jf

The MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability checks on the get_ads_access_token() and reset_experience() functions in all versions up to, and including, 10.1.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve live Google OAuth access tokens and reset Plugins's Google Ads integration.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-5371
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