ClickCease Click Fraud Protection <= 3.2.4 - Improper Authorization to sensitive information exposure via get_settings
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.2.5
- Affected Plugin
- ClickCease Click Fraud Protection
- Affected Version
<= 3.2.4- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
- CVE
CVE-2023-6810
At a glance
CVE-2023-6810 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control vulnerability in the ClickCease Click Fraud Protection WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2.4. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 3.2.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2024, reported by Francesco Carlucci.
Vulnerability Overview
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.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
Reaching this weakness in ClickCease Click Fraud Protection <= 3.2.4 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper access control means the code decides what a caller may do using something other than their actual permissions, so the decision can be wrong without any check appearing to be missing.
Whoever can shape the request decides the answer, so the protected action runs for callers the code never meant to allow. For ClickCease Click Fraud Protection the fix is 3.2.5: builds <= 3.2.4 are affected, anything from 3.2.5 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.2.5, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: ClickCease Click Fraud Protection 3.2.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in ClickCease Click Fraud Protection
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