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.
Problem types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Product status
Any version
Timeline
| 2026-04-29: | Vendor Notified |
| 2026-05-07: | Disclosed |
Credits
Alfa Fakhrur Rizal Zaini
References
www.wordfence.com/...-3504-42e3-821d-794198d7adda?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...iate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...iate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...iate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...iate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...o-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8.1