What is CVE-2024-12072?

CVE-2024-12072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fatcatapps Analytics Cat – Google Made Easy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-12072?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12072 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Fatcatapps Analytics Cat – Google Made Easy

CVE-2024-12072

The Analytics Cat – Google Analytics Made Easy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action, such as clicking on a specially crafted link. CVE-2025-24615 is likely a duplicate of this.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (21.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Fatcatapps Analytics Cat – Google Made Easy — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12072?: CVE-2024-12072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fatcatapps Analytics Cat – Google Made Easy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-12072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12072 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.