Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2023-4600

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in AffiliateWP from AffiliateWP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The AffiliateWP for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'affwp_activate_addons_page_plugin' function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.14.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
AffiliateWP AffiliateWP 2.14.0

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