# CVE-2022-3897: WP Affiliate Platform <= 6.3.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Administrators can inject malicious scripts into the WP Affiliate Platform plugin, potentially compromising user sessions and site integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3r9p-3jq5-46qv

## What is CVE-2022-3897?

CVE-2022-3897 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in tipsandtrickshq WP Affiliate Platform, published on 29 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Affiliate Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in versions up to, and including, 6.3.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3897?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tipsandtricks-Hq Wp Affiliate Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3897?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3897 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3897 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in tipsandtrickshq WP Affiliate Platform

- [CVE-2022-3898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3898/): WP Affiliate Platform <= 6.3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-5287](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5287/): WP Affiliate Platform < 6.5.1 - Profile Update via CSRF (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-5284](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5284/): WP Affiliate Platform < 6.5.1 - Stored XSS via CSRF (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-5281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5281/): WP Affiliate Platform < 6.5.1 - Reflected XSS via Affiliate Editing (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-5282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5282/): WP Affiliate Platform < 6.5.1 - Reflected XSS via Registration Form (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3897 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3897 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in tipsandtrickshq WP Affiliate Platform, published on 29 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3897 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: tipsandtrickshq WP Affiliate Platform. 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-2022-3897/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3897/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3897
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3897
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3897

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3897/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.