CVE-2022-3896: WP Affiliate Platform <= 6.3.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is unlikely to work in modern browsers.

Affected products

wp-affiliate-platform: through 6.3.9

References

https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b96e5ff-804c-41b6-ae34-5184a704b38e?source=cve
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3896
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3896

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