The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.8.8 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on the 'url' POST parameter in the aal_url_stats_save_action() function and a complete absence of output escaping in aal_display_clicks(), where the stored value is echoed directly into an anchor element's href attribute and inner text without esc_url(), esc_attr(), or esc_html(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into the admin statistics page that execute in an administrator's browser when the page is visited, leveraging a publicly exposed nonce and an unauthenticated AJAX endpoint registered via the wp_ajax_nopriv_ hook.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0016.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
thedark Auto Affiliate Links unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 6.8.8

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Workaround

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References
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php#L225 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php#L278 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.6/aal_stats.php#L304 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php#L225 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php#L278 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8/aal_stats.php#L304 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php#L225 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php#L278 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php#L304 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3519003/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_stats.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fwp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8&new_path=%2Fwp-auto-affiliate-links/tags/6.8.8.1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6c8ed84e-3504-42e3-821d-794198d7adda?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 08 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 08 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.8.8 This is due to insufficient input sanitization on the 'url' POST parameter in the aal_url_stats_save_action() function and a complete absence of output escaping in aal_display_clicks(), where the stored value is echoed directly into an anchor element's href attribute and inner text without esc_url(), esc_attr(), or esc_html(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into the admin statistics page that execute in an administrator's browser when the page is visited, leveraging a publicly exposed nonce and an unauthenticated AJAX endpoint registered via the wp_ajax_nopriv_ hook.
Title Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.8.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'url' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T21:28:08.223Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T18:53:39.258Z

Link: CVE-2026-7330

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Updated: 2026-05-08T14:28:15.787Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-08T09:16:10.100

Modified: 2026-05-08T15:46:11.563

Link: CVE-2026-7330

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Updated: 2026-05-08T10:30:06Z

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