MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy): A security weakness
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is <= 10.1.2.
- Component
- MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
- Plugin slug
google-analytics-for-wordpress- Affected
- <= 10.1.2
- Safe version
> 10.1.2- Published
- May 12, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published May 12, 2026 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) to a release after 10.1.2, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N