Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 4.1.4
- Affected Plugin
- User Activity Tracking and Log
- Affected Version
<= 4.1.3- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
- CVE
CVE-2024-0970
At a glance
CVE-2024-0970 is a medium-severity Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in the User Activity Tracking and Log WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.1.3. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.1.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2024, reported by Dmitrii Ignatyev.
Vulnerability Overview
The User Activity Tracking and Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.3 due to insufficient IP address validation and use of user-supplied HTTP headers as a primary method for IP retrieval. This makes it possible for attackers to perform actions that are logged with a different IP address than the one the attacker is visiting from.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
Remediation
Update to version 4.1.4, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: User Activity Tracking and Log 4.1.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Alerts
External References
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