WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-12454 Deferred

Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates: Cross-site request forgery

Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 6.1 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates
Plugin slug
slicewp
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Dec 18, 2024
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Dec 18, 2024 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates 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.

Source record

Technical description

The Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.23. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources