XSS in Clickwhale – Link Manager, Shortener And Click Tracker For Affiliate Links & Pages
CVE-2024-11327
The ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.003 (27.1th 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Product)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-11327?
- CVE-2024-11327 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clickwhale – Link Manager, Shortener And Click Tracker For Affiliate Links & Pages, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-01-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-11327?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-11327 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.