CVE-2026-32558

WordPress Affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program for WooCommerce & WordPress plugin <= 8.9.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

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Published Aug 24, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program for WooCommerce & WordPress <= 8.9.1 versions.

Analysis

Technical impact

The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to elevate privileges within the Affiliate Pro plugin, enabling them to perform actions reserved for administrators or other privileged users. The flaw is a classic Example of improper privilege assignment (CWE-266) which could lead to unauthorized configuration changes, data exposure, or further exploitation of the host system.

Affected Systems

The affected product is Affiliate Pro – Affiliate Program for WooCommerce & WordPress by RedefiningTheWeb. Versions 8.9.1 and earlier are vulnerable. Users operating these plugin versions on a WordPress site are at risk.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.8 highlights the severity of this flaw. With no authentication required, an attacker can exploit it remotely without any prior access, making it highly dangerous. The EPSS score is not available and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, but the high severity and lack of prerequisite conditions indicate a meaningful risk for exposed WordPress sites running the vulnerable plugin.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

RedefiningTheWeb

Affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program for WooCommerce & WordPress

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 8.9.1

No data.

Vendor Product Versions

Redefiningtheweb

Affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program For Woocommerce & Wordpress

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`[0,8.9.1]`	affected	semver	—

Wordpress

Version	Status	Scheme	Platform
`—`	unaffected	—	—

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

Upgrade Affiliate Pro to the latest patched version that eliminates the privilege escalation flaw.
If the update cannot be applied immediately, disable the plugin or restrict its activation to trusted administrators until a patch is available.
After applying the patch, verify that access controls are correctly applied so that only users with appropriate roles can invoke privileged plugin functions.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 24, 2026 at 13:22 UTC.

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.483% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-wc-affiliate-program/vulnerability/wordpress-affiliate-pro-affiliate-program-for-woocommerce-wordpress-plugin-8-9-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Aug 24, 2026 9:30 PM First appearance in the feed. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Redefiningtheweb Redefiningtheweb affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program For Woocommerce & Wordpress Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Redefiningtheweb Redefiningtheweb affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program For Woocommerce & Wordpress Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Aug 24, 2026 1:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Aug 24, 2026 12:00 PM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation in Affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program for WooCommerce & WordPress <= 8.9.1 versions.
Title		WordPress Affiliate Pro - Affiliate Program for WooCommerce & WordPress plugin <= 8.9.1 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-266
References		https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-wc-affiliate-program/vulnerability/wordpress-affiliate-pro-affiliate-program-for-woocommerce-wordpress-plugin-8-9-1-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`