CVE-2026-24592
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Lucian Apostol Auto Affiliate Links allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Auto Affiliate Links: from n/a through 6.8.8.3.
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 · moderate confidenceThis is a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WordPress plugin 'Auto Affiliate Links' by Lucian Apostol. The plugin fails to properly enforce access control checks, allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured security levels. This could permit unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access functionality intended for higher-privilege users.
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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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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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Confirm plugin installationCheck if the Auto Affiliate Links plugin directory exists in your WordPress installation at wp-content/plugins/ (look for folder named 'auto-affiliate-links' or similar). Use file system inspection or a WordPress admin panel plugin list.Affected if The plugin directory is present in wp-content/plugins/
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Identify installed versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually auto-affiliate-links.php) and locate the version comment header (e.g., 'Version: x.x.x') or check the plugin metadata via WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins.Affected if Version is displayed and is below 6.8.8.4
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Verify WordPress user rolesReview user roles in WordPress admin under Users > All Users. Check if any users with Subscriber, Contributor, or Author roles exist who should not have access to affiliate link management.Affected if Low-privileged users (Subscriber, Contributor, Author) have accounts on the site
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Inspect plugin capability settingsIf accessible, review the plugin settings page for any misconfigured access control or capability settings that grant lower-privileged users admin-level permissions.Affected if Plugin settings allow non-administrator users to modify affiliate links or access admin features
If the Auto Affiliate Links plugin is installed and the installed version is lower than 6.8.8.4, the environment is likely affected by this missing authorization vulnerability.
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 dataImplement proper capability checks and role-based access control (RBAC) validation on all sensitive plugin functions, ensuring WordPress nonces are verified for state-changing operations.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-24592 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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