CVE-2025-26963 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-26963: WordPress ClickWhale plugin <= 2.4.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) to Settings Change vulnerability

Vendor Clickwhale

Product ClickWhale

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published February 25, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ClickWhale ClickWhale clickwhale allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects ClickWhale: from n/a through <= 2.4.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

ClickWhale versions 2.4.3 and earlier are vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in ClickWhale user, performs unwanted actions on their behalf without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction—the victim must visit the attacker's page while authenticated to ClickWhale.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unwanted actions on a ClickWhale account when a logged-in user visits a malicious webpage.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Users' ClickWhale accounts can be manipulated without their consent if they visit untrusted sites while logged in.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Victim must be logged into ClickWhale and visit an attacker-controlled webpage.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

February 25, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26963 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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