CVE-2025-26963: WordPress ClickWhale plugin <= 2.4.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Settings Change vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ClickWhale ClickWhale clickwhale allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects ClickWhale: from n/a through <= 2.4.3.

Affected products

ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages: before 2.4.4 — fixed in 2.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages 2.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/clickwhale/vulnerability/wordpress-clickwhale-plugin-2-4-3-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-to-settings-change-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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