CVE-2022-0398: ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager < 3.10.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Affiliate Links Creation

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager WordPress plugin before 3.10.5 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when creating affiliate links, which could allow any authenticated user, such as subscriber to create arbitrary affiliate links, which could then be used to redirect users to an arbitrary website

Affected products

ThirstyAffiliates: before 3.10.5 — fixed in 3.10.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ThirstyAffiliates 3.10.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21aec131-91ff-4300-ac7a-0bf31d6b2b24
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/21aec131-91ff-4300-ac7a-0bf31d6b2b24

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