What the vulnerability does
01Description
The affiliate-toolkit – Multi-Network Affiliate & Amazon Product Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.8 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Affiliate Toolkit versions 3.8.8 and earlier contain a SQL injection vulnerability in a high-privilege function. An authenticated administrator can craft malicious input to read sensitive data from the site's database. The vulnerability requires admin-level access and does not allow data modification or site disruption.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Read sensitive data from the site database if they have administrator access.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
If a compromised admin account exists, an attacker can extract database contents including user credentials and configuration data.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have administrator-level privileges on the WordPress site.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
August 14, 2026
CVE published
