# CVE-2024-9838: Auto Affiliate Links < 6.4.7 - Admin+ SQL Injection

> Administrators can perform SQL injection attacks in the Auto Affiliate Links WordPress plugin due to unsanitized parameters.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 16 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-28cc-3w24-mfvx

## What is CVE-2024-9838?

CVE-2024-9838 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Auto Affiliate Links, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Auto Affiliate Links WordPress plugin before 6.4.7 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing admins to perform SQL injection attacks

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9838?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Flamescorpion Auto Affiliate Links.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9838?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9838 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9838 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Auto Affiliate Links

- [CVE-2023-47652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47652/): WordPress Auto Affiliate Links Plugin <= 6.4.2.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-22689](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22689/): WordPress Auto Affiliate Links Plugin <= 6.3 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-25973](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25973/): WordPress Auto Affiliate Links Plugin <= 6.3.0.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-1843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1843/): Auto Affiliate Links <= 6.4.3 - Missing Authorization via aalAddLink (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9838 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9838 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Auto Affiliate Links, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9838 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Auto Affiliate Links. 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-2024-9838/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9838/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9838
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9838
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9838

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.