CVE-2025-53460

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

State: Published
Severity: 5.9 Medium
Published: Sep 22, 2025
Updated: Apr 28, 2026
Reserved: Jun 30, 2025

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.9 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AffiliateWP – External Referral LinksSyed Balkhi	1.2.0 and earlierAffectedfrom 1.2.2Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/affiliatewp-external-referral-links/vulnerability/wordpress-affiliatewp-external-referral-links-plugin-1-2-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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