5.9

CVE-2025-53460: WordPress AffiliateWP – External Referral Links Plugin <= 1.2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Deferred
Published 22-09-2025Last modified 28-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-53460 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in syed balkhi affiliatewp – external referral links. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.2.2.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 28-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links affiliatewp-external-referral-links allows Stored XSS.This issue affects AffiliateWP – External Referral Links: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Syed balkhi1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • affiliatewp-external-referral-links≤ 1.2.0 (fixed in 1.2.2)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links