# CVE-2022-0634: ThirstyAffiliates < 3.10.5 - Subscriber+ unauthorized image upload + CSRF

> Low-privilege users can upload external images to affiliate links due to missing authorization and CSRF checks in the ThirstyAffiliates plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3m3x-cxhv-x999

## What is CVE-2022-0634?

CVE-2022-0634 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown ThirstyAffiliates, published on 25 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The ThirstyAffiliates WordPress plugin before 3.10.5 lacks authorization checks in the ta_insert_external_image action, allowing a low-privilege user (with a role as low as Subscriber) to add an image from an external URL to an affiliate link. Further the plugin lacks csrf checks, allowing an attacker to trick a logged in user to perform the action by crafting a special request.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0634?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Caseproof Thirstyaffiliates Affiliate Link Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0634?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0634 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0634 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown ThirstyAffiliates

- [CVE-2022-0398](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0398/): ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager < 3.10.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Affiliate Links Creation (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24127](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24127/): ThirstyAffiliates < 3.9.3 - Authenticated Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0634 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0634 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown ThirstyAffiliates, published on 25 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown ThirstyAffiliates. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0634/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0634/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0634
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0634
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0634

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0634/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.