PT-2024-18354 · WordPress · Auto Affiliate Links

Lucio Sá · Published 2024-03-13 · Updated 2024-03-13 · CVE-2024-1843

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.4.3

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with subscriber access or higher to modify data without proper authorization. This is due to a missing capability check on the aalAddLink function, enabling them to add arbitrary links to posts.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 6.4.3, update to a version higher than 6.4.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the aalAddLink function to prevent unauthorized modifications until a patch is available.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1843

Affected Products

Auto Affiliate Links

References · 6

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3044067%40wp-auto-affiliate-links&new=3044067%40wp-auto-affiliate-links&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1843 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1843 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_ajax.php#L79 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1767941876072538147 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09e5aa34-ab28-4349-ac5f-6a0479e641e5?source=cve · Note