CVE-2023-4281 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01525.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Activity Log Project	Activity Log

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:activity_log_project:activity_log:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54152	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5ea6c8a-6b07-4263-a1be-dd033f078d49

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-25T15:56:53.286Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:15:54.587Z

Reserved: 2023-08-09T20:12:06.663Z

Link: CVE-2023-4281

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:04.717Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-25T16:15:14.923

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:42.877

Link: CVE-2023-4281

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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