Missing authorization in WPCenter AffiliateX – Amazon Affiliate Plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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-862.
Summary
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.
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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13859
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rr8m-86pp-xxjf
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/36d57b8d-7e62-413b-8ea9-87963b8cd469?source=cve
- 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
More WPCenter vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-46727 WordPress AffiliateX plugin <= 2.3.5 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-42789 WordPress AffiliateX plugin <= 1.3.9.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-13859 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13859 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rr8m-86pp-xxjf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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