CVE-2021-25078: unknown affiliates manager Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-25078 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown affiliates manager. EPSS estimates a 2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.9.0.
Timeline
- 24-01-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.0 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address of requests logged by the click tracking feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admin viewing the tracked requests.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
2.29%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.29% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Unknown1 product
- affiliates manager≥ 2.9.0, < 2.9.0
Wordpress1 product
- affiliates-manager≤ 2.8.9 (fixed in 2.9.0)
Wpaffiliatemanager1 product
- affiliates_manager< 2.9.0
3 vendors · 3 products
References
3 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/d4edb5f2-aa1b-4e2d-abb4-76c46def6c6eX Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory