# CVE-2024-5280: WP Affiliate Platform < 6.5.1 - POST Reflected XSS

> Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in non-logged-in users' browsers via CSRF, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7pxg-99jf-7vvf

## What is CVE-2024-5280?

CVE-2024-5280 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown wp-affiliate-platform, published on 13 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The wp-affiliate-platform WordPress plugin before 6.5.1 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make non-logged in users execute an XSS payload via a CSRF attack

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5280?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Tipsandtricks-Hq Wp Affiliate Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5280 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5280 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown 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-2024-5280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5280 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown wp-affiliate-platform, published on 13 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5280 exists.

Affected product: Unknown 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-2024-5280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5280/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5280

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5280/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.