CVE-2025-53460

MEDIUM 5.9

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

CVSS Score

5.9

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-79
Vendor	syed balkhi
Product	affiliatewp – external referral links
Published	Sep 22, 2025
Last Updated	Apr 28, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Affected Versions

Syed Balkhi / AffiliateWP – External Referral Links

0 ≤ 1.2.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

patchstack.com: 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=cve

Credits

Nabil Irawan | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program