7.2
/ 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.8.8 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on the 'url' POST parameter in the aal_url_stats_save_action() function and a complete absence of output escaping in aal_display_clicks(), where the stored value is echoed directly into an anchor element's href attribute and inner text without esc_url(), esc_attr(), or esc_html(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into the admin statistics page that execute in an administrator's browser when the page is visited, leveraging a publicly exposed nonce and an unauthenticated AJAX endpoint registered via the wp_ajax_nopriv_ hook.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-7330
Source
Wordfence
Published
May 8, 2026 at 08:26
Affected Product
Vendor
thedark
Product
Auto Affiliate Links
Affected Versions
thedark Auto Affiliate Links 0
CWE Classification
References
- www.wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6c8ed84e-3504-42e3-821d-794198d7adda
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3519003/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset