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CVE-2022-3897: WP Affiliate Platform <= 6.3.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 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 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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/7b49af95-2310-4f71-921b-ee66588dd6d5?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3897
• https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3897

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