# CVE-2015-20105: ClickBank Affiliate Ads <= 1.20 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can exploit CSRF to inject stored XSS payloads into ClickBank Affiliate Ads settings, potentially executing malicious scripts in admin sessions.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Dec 2021
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mxrp-jrwv-r3r4

## What is CVE-2015-20105?

CVE-2015-20105 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown ClickBank Affiliate Ads, published on 2 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The ClickBank Affiliate Ads WordPress plugin through 1.20 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, allowing attacker to make logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack. Furthermore, due to the lack of escaping when they are outputting, it could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-20105?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cbads Clickbank Affiliate Ads.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-20105?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-20105 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-20105 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-20105 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown ClickBank Affiliate Ads

- [CVE-2015-20106](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-20106/): ClickBank Affiliate Ads <= 1.20 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-20105 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-20105 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown ClickBank Affiliate Ads, published on 2 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-20105 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown ClickBank Affiliate Ads. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-20105/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-20105/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-20105
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-20105
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-20105

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-20105/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.