User Activity Log: SQL injection
User Activity Log is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- User Activity Log
- Plugin slug
user-activity-log- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 24, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Jul 24, 2023 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update User Activity Log to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The User Activity Log WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not properly sanitise and escape the `txtsearch` parameter before using it in a SQL statement in some admin pages, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H