Auto Amazon Links – Amazon Associates Affiliate Plugin <= 5.4.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
Priority LOW 39CWE-73Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-73 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Auto Amazon Links – Amazon Associates Affiliate Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary files reads in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.3 via the '/wp-json/wp/v2/aal_ajax_unit_loading' RST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0049 42nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11451
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v272-26j6-28cg
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/568254a4-400d-45ea-8a96-1669b0694d70?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/amazon-auto-links/trunk/include/core/component/unit/_common/output/_abstract/AmazonAutoLinks_UnitOutput_Base.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/amazon-auto-links/trunk/include/core/component/unit/_common/option/template/AmazonAutoLinks_UnitOutput__TemplatePath.php
More miunosoft vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-23664 WordPress Task Scheduler Plugin <= 1.6.3 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-09230 Task Scheduler <= 1.6.3 - Authenticated (Admin+) Blind Server-Side Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-11451 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-11451 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v272-26j6-28cg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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