FKIE_CVE-2022-3898

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-11-29 21:15 - Updated: 2025-08-20 13:03
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
The WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on various functions including the affiliates_menu method. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete affiliate records, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3898Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3898Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tipsandtricks-hq wp_affiliate_platform *
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