WP Activity Log <= 4.5.0 - Missing Capabilities Check to User Enumeration

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-2261
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published May 17, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Marco Wotschka
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.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-security-audit-log (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.5.0
Patched Version
  • 4.5.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-security-audit-log-premium (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.5.0
Patched Version
  • 4.5.2
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