CVE-2025-0804 Cross-site scripting in ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages

Medium 6.4 Published 29 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via link titles, leading to code execution when users view affected pages.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-0804?

CVE-2025-0804 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages, published on 29 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ClickWhale – Link Manager, Link Shortener and Click Tracker for Affiliate Links & Link Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via link titles in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0804?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Flowdee Clickwhale.

How do I fix CVE-2025-0804?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0804 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-2025-0804 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vg86-8433-4hr2.