CVE-2022-3898

The WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on various functions including the affiliates_menu method. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete affiliate records, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3898	Third Party Advisory
https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-affiliate-platform-plugin-simple-affiliate-program-for-wordpress-blogsite-1474	Product
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-3898	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tipsandtricks-hq:wp_affiliate_platform:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

20 Aug 2025, 13:03

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:wp_affiliate_platform_project:wp_affiliate_platform::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:tipsandtricks-hq:wp_affiliate_platform::::::wordpress::*
First Time		Tipsandtricks-hq Tipsandtricks-hq wp Affiliate Platform

Information

Published : 2022-11-29 21:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 13:03

NVD link : CVE-2022-3898

Mitre link : CVE-2022-3898

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-3898

JSON object : View

Products Affected

tipsandtricks-hq

wp_affiliate_platform

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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