# CVE-2023-6810: ClickCease Click Fraud Protection <= 3.2.4 - Improper Authorization to sensitive information exposure via get_settings

> Authenticated attackers with author access can retrieve sensitive API keys due to improper authorization checks in the ClickCease WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f76v-4xxj-grpm

## What is CVE-2023-6810?

CVE-2023-6810 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eranfl ClickCease Click Fraud Protection, published on 7 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ClickCease Click Fraud Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an improper capability check on the get_settings function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author access and above, to retrieve the plugin's configured API keys.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6810?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-6810?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6810 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6810 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6810 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6810 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6810 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in eranfl ClickCease Click Fraud Protection, published on 7 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6810 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: eranfl ClickCease Click Fraud Protection. 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-2023-6810/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6810/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6810
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6810
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6810

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6810/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.