CVE-2026-15296
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Stored XSS in Affiliate Toolkit WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-07-10

Last updated on: 2026-07-10

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The affiliate-toolkit – WP Affiliate Plugin with Amazon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'atkp_product' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is a bypass to CVE-2024-10227.

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Published
2026-07-10
Last Modified
2026-07-10
Generated
2026-07-10
AI Q&A
2026-07-10
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD
CVE-2026-15296
EUVD
EUVD-2026-42803

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Vendor Product Version / Range
affiliate-toolkit wp_affiliate_plugin to 3.7.0 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-79 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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Executive Summary

The vulnerability exists in the affiliate-toolkit – WP Affiliate Plugin with Amazon plugin for WordPress, specifically in the 'atkp_product' shortcode. It is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability present in all versions up to and including 3.7.0.

This vulnerability arises due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts.

These injected scripts execute whenever any user accesses the affected page, potentially compromising the security of the site and its users.

This vulnerability is a bypass of a previous vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-10227.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow an attacker with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages on the WordPress site.

When other users visit these pages, the malicious scripts execute in their browsers, which can lead to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions.

Because the attack is stored, the malicious code persists on the site and affects all users who access the infected pages.

The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring privileges but no user interaction.

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