WordPress Affiliates Plugin — SliceWP Affiliates <= 1.1.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The WordPress Affiliates Plugin — SliceWP Affiliates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of remove_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.20. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iova.mihai | Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates | up to 1.1.20 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates Vendoriova.mihai Affected up to 1.1.20 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-8714
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pgmw-5qx3-mhj6
References
Other 3
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slicewp/tags/1.1.20/includes/admin/commissions/class-list-table-commissions.php#L544
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slicewp/tags/1.1.20/includes/admin/visits/class-list-table-visits.php#L396
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slicewp/tags/1.1.20/includes/admin/payouts/class-list-table-payments.php#L490
More iova.mihai vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-86202 Affiliate Program Suite SliceWP SQL Injection via email Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-81971 Stored cross-site scripting in WordPress SliceWP plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-56691 WordPress SliceWP plugin <= 1.2.10 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-16588 WordPress Social Pug: Author Box plugin <= 1.0.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-31706 WordPress SliceWP Affiliates plugin <= 1.1.18 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-30912 WordPress SliceWP plugin <= 1.2.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-8714 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8714 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pgmw-5qx3-mhj6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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