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CVE-2023-2286: WP Activity Log <= 4.5.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ajax_run_cleanup

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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-352

Description

The WP Activity Log for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 4.5.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ajax_run_cleanup function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke this function via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• wpwhitesecurity WP Activity Log Premium: through 4.5.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-security-audit-log/trunk/classes/Views/Settings.php#L278
• 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/e2008e0b-32c6-46fb-93b9-2b0004f478e8?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-security-audit-log/trunk/classes/Views/Settings.php#L278
• 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/e2008e0b-32c6-46fb-93b9-2b0004f478e8?source=cve

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