CVE-2021-25078: The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.0 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address of requests logged by the click tracking feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perfo

medium Affects affiliates-manager (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.0 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address of requests logged by the click tracking feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perfo

Package
affiliates-manager (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.9.0
Fixed in
2.9.0
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.1th percentile)
Published
2022-01-24
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
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