Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.3 - Missing Authorization via aalAddLink

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-1843
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published March 11, 2024
Last Updated March 13, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the aalAddLink function in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to add arbitrary links to posts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-auto-affiliate-links (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.4.3
Patched Version
  • 6.4.3.1
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