ClickCease Click Fraud Protection: A security weakness
ClickCease Click Fraud Protection is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- ClickCease Click Fraud Protection
- Plugin slug
clickcease-click-fraud-protection- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 07, 2024
This CVE was published May 07, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update ClickCease Click Fraud Protection 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 ClickCease Click Fraud Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an improper capability check on the get_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access and above, to retrieve the plugin's configured API keys.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N