Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2015-20105 affects the ClickBank Affiliate Ads WordPress plugin through version 1.20. A logged-in administrator could be tricked into saving attacker-controlled settings, and those settings may later run script in site pages or admin views because output was not properly escaped.
Executive priority
Prioritize this where the plugin is installed on public or revenue-generating WordPress sites. Business risk is mainly site defacement, visitor script execution, credential theft, or admin-session abuse. Sites without this plugin are not exposed based on the supplied sources.
Technical view
The sources describe missing CSRF protection in the plugin settings save flow, combined with insufficient output escaping. This creates a CSRF path to stored cross-site scripting when an authenticated admin is induced to make a settings change. No CVSS score, fixed version, or vendor mitigation is provided in the supplied sources.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with ClickBank Affiliate Ads installed at version 1.20 or earlier. The vulnerability requires an authenticated administrator to interact with attacker-controlled content or navigation, so internet exposure depends on admin browsing behavior rather than unauthenticated reachability alone.
Exploitation context
The source bundle includes public vulnerability references from WPScan, Bugtraq, and Packet Storm, but it does not show CISA KEV listing or confirm active exploitation. Treat public disclosure as enough to justify inventory and remediation, not proof of current attacks.
Researcher notes
Evidence is consistent but sparse: the CVE description states missing CSRF checks and stored XSS through version 1.20, while public references document the advisory history. The bundle does not identify a maintained vendor, exploit-in-the-wild evidence, CVSS vector, or a specific patched version.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for ClickBank Affiliate Ads version 1.20 or earlier.
- Check plugin, WordPress.org, WPScan, or vendor guidance for a fixed release.
- Remove or disable the plugin if no supported fixed version is available.
- Limit administrator browsing from privileged sessions where practical.
- Review affected site settings for unexpected script or HTML content.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether the plugin is installed and record its exact version.
- Review plugin settings pages for CSRF nonce enforcement on save actions.
- Review rendered plugin output for proper escaping of saved settings.
- Check site logs and content for suspicious changes around plugin settings.
- Verify remediation by confirming removal, upgrade, or compensating control status.
Public sources used
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CWE-352: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2bc3af7e-5542-40c4-8141-7c49e8df68f0CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/May/45CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131814/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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