{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53460 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-53460 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links, published on 22 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53460 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-53460 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links, published on 22 Sep 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53460 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53460/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-53460","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53460/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-53460","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mmj6-fv4q-mmqh"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Stored XSS in AffiliateWP External Referral Links plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Syed Balkhi AffiliateWP – External Referral Links affiliatewp-external-referral-links allows Stored XSS.This issue affects AffiliateWP – External Referral Links: from n/a through \u003c= 1.2.0.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress AffiliateWP – External Referral Links Plugin \u003c= 1.2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-53460","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Beaf Plugin \u003c= 1.6.2 - Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-53461"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.","id":"CVE-2025-53459"},"products":["AffiliateWP – External Referral Links"],"published":"2025-09-22","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Syed Balkhi"]},"summary":"Stored XSS in AffiliateWP External Referral Links plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or site defacement.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53460/"}