CVE-2025-57943: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was discovered in Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool WordPress plugin versions through 1.3. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 22, 2025, and assigned identifier CVE-2025-57943. This security issue affects the Skimlinks Affiliate Marketing Tool plugin, allowing potential Server Side Request Forgery attacks (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.4 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery). The technical assessment indicates that while the vulnerability is network-accessible (AV:N), it requires high attack complexity (AC:H) and high privileges (PR:H) to exploit, with no user interaction needed (UI:N). The scope is changed (S:C), with low impacts on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to execute website requests to arbitrary domains, potentially exposing sensitive information of other services running on the system. The impact is considered low to medium severity due to the high privileges required for exploitation (Patchstack).

No official fix is currently available for this vulnerability. The software is considered abandoned as it hasn't been updated for over a year. The recommended mitigation is to remove and replace the software with an alternative solution (Patchstack).