CVE-2023-4279

User Activity Log < 1.6.7 - IP Spoofing

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

This User Activity Log WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 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.

El plugin de WordPress User Activity Log anterior a la versión 1.6.7 recupera direcciones IP de clientes a partir de cabeceras potencialmente no fiables, lo que permite a un atacante manipular su valor. Esto puede utilizarse para ocultar el origen del tráfico malicioso.

The User Activity Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to and including 1.6.6. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging. Attackers can supplied the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged.

*Credits: Bartlomiej Marek and Tomasz Swiadek, WPScan

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-08-09 CVE Reserved
2023-08-14 CVE Published
2023-09-24 First Exploit
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-348: Use of Less Trusted Source

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/b0marek/CVE-2023-4279	2023-09-24
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2bd2579e-b383-4d12-b207-6fc32cfb82bc	2024-08-02

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Solwininfotech Search vendor "Solwininfotech"		User Activity Log Search vendor "Solwininfotech" for product "User Activity Log"				< 1.6.7 Search vendor "Solwininfotech" for product "User Activity Log" and version " < 1.6.7"		wordpress		Affected