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CVE-2022-3898: WP Affiliate Platform <= 6.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% 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-352

Description

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.

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/a6096b9a-f7bb-454a-8203-50ac99d37100?source=cve
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3898
• https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3898

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