CVE-2024-11327 Cross-site scripting in ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages

Medium 6.1 Published 11 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via reflected XSS in the ClickWhale WordPress plugin, requiring user interaction to execute.

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: None listed

What is CVE-2024-11327?

CVE-2024-11327 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages, published on 11 Jan 2025. 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 ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg & remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11327?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Flowdee Clickwhale.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11327?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11327 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-11327 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11327 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hrff-h5x9-vqrp.