CVE-2023-4281 (GCVE-0-2023-4281)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-25 15:56 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:15
VLAI?
Title
Activity Log < 2.8.8 - IP Spoofing
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5ea6c8a-6b07-42… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Activity Log Affected: 0 , < 2.8.8 (custom)
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Credits
Bartlomiej Marek and Tomasz Swiadek WPScan
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