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CVE-2025-53460: WordPress AffiliateWP – External Referral Links Plugin <= 1.2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 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: none known
• Published: 2025-09-22 · updated 2026-10-01
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links affiliatewp-external-referral-links allows Stored XSS.This issue affects AffiliateWP – External Referral Links: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.

Affected products

• Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links: through 1.2.0

References

• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/affiliatewp-external-referral-links/vulnerability/wordpress-affiliatewp-external-referral-links-plugin-1-2-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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