WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2018-8719 Modified

Wp Security Audit Log: A security weakness

Wp Security Audit Log is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 5.3 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Wp Security Audit Log
Plugin slug
wp-security-audit-log
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 04, 2018
Weakness
CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

This CVE was published Apr 04, 2018 and is one of 13 known issues for this plugin.

Patch or disable the affected component.

Update Wp Security Audit Log to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

Technical description

An issue was discovered in the WP Security Audit Log plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress. Access to wp-content/uploads/wp-security-audit-log/* files is not restricted. For example, these files are indexed by Google and allows for attackers to possibly find sensitive information.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources