CVE-2025-13859
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/01/2026
Last modified:
15/01/2026
Description
The AffiliateX – Amazon Affiliate Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_customization_settings AJAX action in versions 1.0.0 to 1.3.9.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to store arbitrary JavaScript that executes whenever an AffiliateX block renders on the site.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3420957/affiliatex/trunk/includes/functions/AjaxFunctions.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3420957/affiliatex/trunk/includes/helpers/class-affiliatex-helpers.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36d57b8d-7e62-413b-8ea9-87963b8cd469?source=cve



