PLUGIN SECURITY
Is Thirstyaffiliates safe?
🔗 Affiliate link management & cloaker tool. Easily manage, shrink and track your affiliate links in WordPress. 🔥
What this plugin does
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thirstyaffiliates - Author: Blair Williams
- 30000+ active installs
- 92/100 rating (251 reviews on wordpress.org)
- 1372797 all-time downloads
- On WordPress.org since 2013-07-15
affiliate linksAmazon affiliateslink shortnerlink trackingredirects
Maintenance status
- Latest known version: 3.12.0
- Last updated: 2026-08-25 5:11am GMT
- Tested up to WordPress: 7.1
- Requires PHP: 7.4+
- Max supported PHP (analyzed): 8.4
Known vulnerabilities
5 known CVEs on file for Thirstyaffiliates. Reported between 2020 and 2026.
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-25024 | ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin [thirstyaffiliates] < 3.11.10 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 5.4 | < 3.11.10 | 3.11.10 | 2026-02-02 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2025-67537 | ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin [thirstyaffiliates] < 3.11.9 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.5 | < 3.11.9 | 3.11.9 | 2025-12-09 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2022-0398 | ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin [thirstyaffiliates] < 3.10.5 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 5.4 | < 3.10.5 | 3.10.5 | 2022-03-31 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2022-0634 | ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin [thirstyaffiliates] < 3.10.5 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 4.3 | < 3.10.5 | 3.10.5 | 2022-03-31 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2021-24127 | ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin [thirstyaffiliates] < 3.9.3 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 5.4 | < 3.9.3 | 3.9.3 | 2020-05-22 | ✓ fixed in latest |
How to fix it
Keep Thirstyaffiliates updated — 3.12.0 is the latest version on wordpress.org, and each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in").
This is the plugin's full known vulnerability history, not a scan of any specific installation — run a free scan of your own site to check your exact installed version.
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