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Affiliates Manager vulnerabilities
Affiliates Manager has 6 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 5 Feb 2024.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 6
- Active installs
- 8,000+
- Latest version
- 2.9.55
- Last updated
- 2 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 5 Feb 2024
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2024-0859 | Medium 4.3 | Up to 2.9.34 | Fixed in a later version (latest 2.9.55) | 5 Feb 2024 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-2799 | Medium 4.8 | Before 2.9.14 | Fixed in 2.9.14 | 16 Sep 2022 |
| CSV injection CVE-2022-2798 | High 8.0 | Before 2.9.14 | Fixed in 2.9.14 | 16 Sep 2022 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-25078 | Medium 6.1 | Before 2.9.0 | Fixed in 2.9.0 | 24 Jan 2022 |
| SQL injection CVE-2021-24844 | High 7.2 | Before 2.8.7 | Fixed in 2.8.7 | 8 Nov 2021 |
| Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) CVE-2019-15868 | High 8.8 | Before 2.6.6 | Fixed in 2.6.6 | 3 Sep 2019 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-0859, 5 Feb 2024
- The Affiliates Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.34. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the process_bulk_action function in ListAffiliatesTable.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete affiliates via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. CVE record
- CVE-2022-2799, 16 Sep 2022
- The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.14 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed. CVE record
- CVE-2022-2798, 16 Sep 2022
- 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 CVE record
- CVE-2021-25078, 24 Jan 2022
- The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.0 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address of requests logged by the click tracking feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admin viewing the tracked requests. CVE record
- CVE-2021-24844, 8 Nov 2021
- The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.8.7 does not validate the orderby parameter before using it in an SQL statement in the admin dashboard, leading to an SQL Injection issue CVE record
- CVE-2019-15868, 3 Sep 2019
- The affiliates-manager plugin before 2.6.6 for WordPress has CSRF. CVE record
What to do if you run Affiliates Manager
If you run Affiliates Manager, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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