Medium severity · published Nov 29, 2022
CVE-2022-3898
WP Affiliate Platform <= 6.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on various functions including the affiliates_menu method. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete affiliate records, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
WP Affiliate Platform · tipsandtrickshq
through 6.3.9 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3898
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3898
Product
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a6096b9a-f7bb-454a-8203-50ac99d37100?source=cve
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3898
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