Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.2.1.5 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Change
CVE-2022-45840Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.2.1.5Update to 6.2.1.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.4
- CVSS
- 5.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Auto Affiliate Links wp-auto-affiliate-links
- Affected≤ 6.2.1.5
- Patched in6.2.1.6
Update to 6.2.1.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.2.1.5. Version 6.2.1.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Auto Affiliate Links.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 6.2.1.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Auto Affiliate Links to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Nguyen Anh Tien.
The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper access control via multiple AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 6.2.1.5. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or above to modify plugin settings such as adding exclusions for posts and words and to view statistics.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 12| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤6.8.8.3Update to 6.8.9 | CVE-2026-24592 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'url' Parameter ≤6.8.8Update to 6.8.8.1 | CVE-2026-7330 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection ≤6.4.6Update to 6.4.7 | CVE-2024-9838 | |
| Critical9.1 | Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection ≤6.4.3.1Update to 6.4.4 | CVE-2024-34386 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization via aalAddLink ≤6.4.3Update to 6.4.3.1 | CVE-2024-1843 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤6.8.8.3Update to 6.8.9
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'url' Parameter
≤6.8.8Update to 6.8.8.1
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
≤6.4.6Update to 6.4.7
- Critical9.1Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection
≤6.4.3.1Update to 6.4.4
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization via aalAddLink
≤6.4.3Update to 6.4.3.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.