CVE-2024-12561
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 Affiliate Sales in Google Analytics and other tools plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to insufficient validation on the redirect url supplied via the 'afflink' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into performing an action.
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 Affiliate Sales in Google Analytics plugin for WordPress has an open redirect vulnerability in all versions up to 2.0.0. The 'afflink' parameter is not validated, allowing unauthenticated attackers to craft malicious URLs that redirect users to arbitrary external sites. This is a classic A10 OWASP vulnerability requiring user interaction to exploit.
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CVSS 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
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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 the plugin is installedLog in to WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'Affiliate Sales in Google Analytics' in the list of active pluginsAffected if the plugin appears in the installed plugins list, regardless of activation status
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Check the installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin to view its details, or inspect the plugin header in /wp-content/plugins/ directory to find the Version: fieldAffected if the reported version is 2.0.0 or any earlier version number
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Identify if the vulnerable parameter is exposedSearch your site for any published pages, posts, or widgets that contain the shortcode or function call that uses the 'afflink' parameter (commonly used to display affiliate links)Affected if any public page, post, or widget displays affiliate links that incorporate the afflink parameter
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Test if the redirect accepts arbitrary URLsVisit a page with an affiliate link and modify the afflink parameter value in the URL to an external domain such as https://example.com, then observe if the browser redirects to that external siteAffected if the application redirects to the arbitrary URL specified in the afflink parameter without validating the domain
You are affected if the Affiliate Sales in Google Analytics plugin is installed with version 2.0.0 or earlier and the affiliate link functionality is publicly accessible, as this allows unauthenticated open redirect attacks via the afflink parameter.
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 plugin to a version beyond 2.0.0 that includes proper validation of the 'afflink' parameter, or disable the plugin until a patch is available. If patching is not possible, implement server-side validation to ensure redirect URLs point only to trusted domains.
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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.
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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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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