CVE-2024-12559: ClickDesigns <= 1.8.0 - Missing Authorization to API Key Modification or Removal

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-01-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The ClickDesigns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'clickdesigns_add_api' and the 'clickdesigns_remove_api' functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify or remove the plugin's API key.

Affected products

1clickdesigns ClickDesigns: through 1.8.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clickdesigns/tags/1.8.0/includes/clickdesigns-ajax.php#L64
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clickdesigns/tags/1.8.0/includes/clickdesigns-ajax.php#L79
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3232040/clickdesigns/trunk/includes/clickdesigns-ajax.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1d19968-dbd8-4433-99a7-b973a59c4653?source=cve

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