Wp Affiliate PlatformWordPress extension · Tipsandtricks Hq
CVE-2022-3898
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on various functions including the affiliates_menu method. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete affiliate records, via forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress versions up to 6.3.9 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on various functions including the affiliates_menu method. This allows unauthenticated attackers to delete affiliate records by tricking administrators into clicking malicious links that perform forged requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Wp Affiliate PlatformWordPress extension
<= 6.3.9CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WP Affiliate Platform plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'WP Affiliate Platform' or 'Tipsandtricks HQ WP Affiliate Platform'. Note the installed version displayed.Affected if Plugin is installed and version is 6.3.9 or lower
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Confirm the exact plugin version numberClick on the plugin in the WordPress plugins list to view details, or check the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/affiliate-platform.php for the 'Version' defined constant.Affected if Version returned is <= 6.3.9 (e.g., 6.3.9, 6.3.8, 6.3.7, etc.)
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Check if affiliate functionality is accessibleNavigate to the WP Affiliate Platform admin menu (typically under 'Affiliates' or similar in the WordPress dashboard) to confirm the affiliates_menu functionality is present and accessible.Affected if The affiliates_menu admin interface loads and is accessible to administrators
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Inspect the affiliates_menu function for nonce validationIn the plugin file (commonly wp-affiliate-platform/affiliate-platform.php or related files), locate the affiliates_menu method and search for wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer calls before any delete or modification operations.Affected if The code shows missing or inadequate nonce validation before delete or modify affiliate operations (no nonce check found within 10 lines before sensitive operations)
You are affected if the WP Affiliate Platform plugin is installed at version 6.3.9 or lower, the affiliate admin menu is accessible, and the affiliates_menu function lacks proper nonce validation before performing delete operations.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the WP Affiliate Platform plugin to a version beyond 6.3.9 which contains proper nonce validation, and verify that affiliate data cannot be modified via forged requests.
Fix this in Wp Affiliate Platform
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-3898 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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