Easy Affiliate Links: A security weakness
Easy Affiliate Links is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Easy Affiliate Links
- Plugin slug
easy-affiliate-links- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 28, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jun 28, 2024 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Easy Affiliate Links 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 Easy Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the eafl_reset_settings AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset the plugin's settings.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N