CVE-2020-36716

WP Activity Log <= 4.0.1 - Missing Authorization

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Jun 7, 2023
Updated: Apr 8, 2026
Reserved: Jun 6, 2023

Description

The WP Activity Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the setup_page function in versions up to, and including, 4.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to run the setup wizard (if it has not been run previously) and access plugin configuration options.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L	Wordfence

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WP Activity Logmelapress	before 4.0.2Affected

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d0a8be3-6630-4cf7-b6cb-cdc86b99acb3?source=cve
https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-wp-security-audit-log-plugin/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2252006

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