Affiliates Manager <= 2.9.30 — Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File
CVE-2023-52148Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.9.30Update to 2.9.31 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Affiliates Manager affiliates-manager
- Affected≤ 2.9.30
- Patched in2.9.31
Update to 2.9.31 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.9.30. Version 2.9.31 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Affiliates Manager.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.9.31, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Affiliates Manager to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Joshua Chan.
The Affiliates Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.30 via the plugin's log files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including plugin configuration and debug information.
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 16| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.9.53Update to 2.9.54 | CVE-2026-73358 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤2.9.53Update to 2.9.54 | CVE-2026-73355 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.9.49Update to 2.9.50 | CVE-2026-57654 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Information Exposure ≤2.9.50Update to 2.9.51 | CVE-2026-52692 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤2.9.34Update to 2.9.35 | CVE-2024-0859 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.9.53Update to 2.9.54
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤2.9.53Update to 2.9.54
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.9.49Update to 2.9.50
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
≤2.9.50Update to 2.9.51
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤2.9.34Update to 2.9.35
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
