Vulnerability · Published Sep 25, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-4281Activity Log < 2.8.8 - IP Spoofing

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Activity Log from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

This Activity Log WordPress plugin before 2.8.8 retrieves client IP addresses from potentially untrusted headers, allowing an attacker to manipulate its value. This may be used to hide the source of malicious traffic.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Activity Log	0 – before 2.8.8

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5ea6c8a-6b07-4263-a1be-dd033f078d49 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description