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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-28 | Published 2026-05-08 | Updated 2026-05-08 | Assigner Wordfence




HIGH: 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2026-04-29:Vendor Notified
2026-05-07:Disclosed

Credits

Alfa Fakhrur Rizal Zaini finder

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

cve.org (CVE-2026-7330)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-7330)

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