WP Activity Log: A security weakness

WP Activity Log is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com

NVD score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: WP Activity Log
Plugin slug: wp-security-audit-log
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Jun 09, 2023
Weakness: CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Jun 09, 2023 and is one of 13 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

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

Source record

Technical description

The WP Activity Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the handle_ajax_call function in versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access or higher, to obtain a list of users with accounts on the site. This includes ids, usernames and emails.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Patch or disable the affected component.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources