WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2022-2798 Modified

Affiliates Manager: A security weakness

Affiliates Manager is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 8.0 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 8.0 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Affiliates Manager
Plugin slug
affiliates-manager
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 16, 2022
Weakness
CWE-1236 — Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

This CVE was published Sep 16, 2022 and is one of 11 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Affiliates Manager to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.14 does not validate and sanitise the affiliate data, which could allow users registering as affiliate to perform CSV injection attacks against an admin exporting the data

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources