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CVE-2023-2261

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

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2023 at 12:32 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsWp Activity LogWP Activity Log

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Wp Activity Log· Wpwhitesecuritywordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 4.5.0
WP Activity Log· Melapresswordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 4.5.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Broken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-security-audit-log/trunk/vendor/wpwhitesecurity/select2-wpwhitesecurity/load.php#L70
Patch
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2911239%40wp-security-audit-log%2Ftrunk&old=2897171%40wp-security-audit-log%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f51f0919-498e-4f86-a933-1b7f2c4a10a4?source=cve

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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