The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper access control via multiple AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 6.2.1.5. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above to modify plugin settings such as adding exclusions for posts and words and to view statistics.
CVE-2022-45840 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.4 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin Auto Affiliate Links. It affects Versions up to 6.2.1.5 and is fixed in 6.2.1.6.
CVE-2022-45840 is tracked for the Plugin Auto Affiliate Links as medium severity with CVSS 5.4. The affected range is Versions up to 6.2.1.5. Update Auto Affiliate Links to 6.2.1.6 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
wp-auto-affiliate-links
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2022-45840 |
| Patched Versions |
6.2.1.6
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 6.2.1.5
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.3.1 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.2.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.3 - Missing Authorization via aalAddLink
Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.3.0.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via aalChangeOptions function
Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via aalDeleteLink function
Auto Affiliate Links < 5.0 - SQL Injection
Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.2.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
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