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CVE-2023-2261: WP Activity Log <= 4.5.0 - Missing Capabilities Check to User Enumeration

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

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 products

• wpwhitesecurity WP Activity Log Premium: through 4.5.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-security-audit-log/trunk/vendor/wpwhitesecurity/select2-wpwhitesecurity/load.php#L70
• 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=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f51f0919-498e-4f86-a933-1b7f2c4a10a4?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-security-audit-log/trunk/vendor/wpwhitesecurity/select2-wpwhitesecurity/load.php#L70
• 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=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f51f0919-498e-4f86-a933-1b7f2c4a10a4?source=cve

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