Codexpert WC Affiliate PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

A deserialization vulnerability allowing object injection has been identified in the Codexpert WC Affiliate plugin, affecting versions through 2.9.1. This vulnerability could lead to various injection attacks, including code injection, SQL injection, and path traversal, among other issues, if a suitable property-oriented programming chain is exploited.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for PHP object injection, which could be leveraged to execute code injection, SQL injection, path traversal, denial-of-service attacks, and more, depending on the presence of a proper object-oriented programming chain.

Remediation

Users of the Codexpert WC Affiliate plugin are advised to update to version 2.9.3 or later. For those unable to update immediately, Patchstack offers a virtual patch that blocks attacks targeting this vulnerability.