WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Auto Affiliate Links < 6.8.8.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'url' Parameter

Description

The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.8.8 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on the 'url' POST parameter in the aal_url_stats_save_action() function and a complete absence of output escaping in aal_display_clicks(), where the stored value is echoed directly into an anchor element's href attribute and inner text without esc_url(), esc_attr(), or esc_html(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into the admin statistics page that execute in an administrator's browser when the page is visited, leveraging a publicly exposed nonce and an unauthenticated AJAX endpoint registered via the wp_ajax_nopriv_ hook.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 6.8.8.1

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
DJumanto
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-05-07 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2026-05-07 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-08 (about 2 months ago)

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