CVE-2025-47612: WordPress ClickWhale plugin <= 2.4.6 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2025-05-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ClickWhale ClickWhale clickwhale allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ClickWhale: from n/a through <= 2.4.6.

Affected products

ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages: before 2.4.7 — fixed in 2.4.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages 2.4.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/clickwhale/vulnerability/wordpress-clickwhale-2-4-6-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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