ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages: SQL injection
ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 20, 2025
This CVE was published Sep 20, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages 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 ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the export_csv() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This may be exploitable by lower level users if access to the plugin is granted.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N