ClickBank Affiliate Ads: Cross-site scripting
ClickBank Affiliate Ads is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- ClickBank Affiliate Ads
- Plugin slug
clickbank-affiliate-ads- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 02, 2021
This CVE was published Dec 02, 2021 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update ClickBank Affiliate Ads to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
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 ClickBank Affiliate Ads WordPress plugin through 1.20 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping when they are outputting, it could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H