SB2025032426 - Cross-site scripting in ClickWhale plugin for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11327)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in add_query_arg and remove_query_arg. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clickwhale/tags/2.3.0/includes/admin/links/Clickwhale_Links_List_Table.php#L384
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3219341%40clickwhale&new=3219341%40clickwhale&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96c5836f-6d33-4a56-b30b-5e5d95b81b6b?source=cve