CVE-2023-5877: servit affiliate-toolkit Missing Authorization
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-5877 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Missing Authorization vulnerability in servit affiliate-toolkit. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.4.3.
Timeline
- 01-01-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-06-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The affiliate-toolkit WordPress plugin before 3.4.3 lacks authorization and authentication for requests to it's affiliate-toolkit-starter/tools/atkp_imagereceiver.php endpoint, allowing unauthenticated visitors to make requests to arbitrary URL's, including RFC1918 private addresses, leading to a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) issue.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- wordfenceSource6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.90%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
59%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.90% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-862Missing AuthorizationThe product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
- CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
Affected systems
Servit1 product
- affiliate-toolkit< 3.4.3
Unknown1 product
- affiliate-toolkit< 3.4.3
Wordpress1 product
- affiliate-toolkit-starter≤ 3.4.2 (fixed in 3.4.3)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/39ed4934-3d91-4924-8acc-25759fef9e81ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory