CVE-2025-11799
📋 TL;DR
The Affiliate AI Lite WordPress plugin has a stored XSS vulnerability in all versions up to 1.0.1. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts via the 'asin' shortcode attribute, which execute when users view affected pages. This affects all WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin.
💻 Affected Systems
- Affiliate AI Lite WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal admin credentials, redirect users to malicious sites, deface websites, or perform actions as authenticated users.
Likely Case
Attackers with contributor access inject malicious scripts to steal user session cookies or perform limited site defacement.
If Mitigated
With proper user role management and content review, impact is limited to low-privilege user sessions.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access but is technically simple once authenticated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.2 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3399153%40affiliate-ai-lite&new=3399153%40affiliate-ai-lite
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Affiliate AI Lite' and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify version is 1.0.2 or higher.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Remove Contributor Posting Capability
allTemporarily restrict contributor-level users from publishing posts to prevent exploitation.
Use WordPress role management plugin or custom code to modify user capabilities
Disable Plugin
allDeactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate affiliate-ai-lite
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict content sanitization for all user-generated content
- Apply web application firewall rules to block XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Affiliate AI Lite version 1.0.1 or earlier.Check Version:
wp plugin get affiliate-ai-lite --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 1.0.2 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual post/page edits by contributor-level users
- Suspicious 'asin' parameter values in content
Network Indicators:
- Script tags with unusual attributes in HTTP responses
- External script loads from unexpected domains
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (event="post_edit" OR event="page_edit") AND user_role="contributor" AND content CONTAINS "asin="🔗 References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/affiliate-ai-lite/tags/1.0.1/includes/afx-img.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3399153%40affiliate-ai-lite&new=3399153%40affiliate-ai-lite
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b05f4ef4-aa64-4cf4-a278-604df8407d12?source=cve
