Activity Log for WordPress <= 1.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File

2026-02-11 23:45

Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.9

Affected PluginActivity Log for WordPress

Affected Version<= 1.2.8

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2026-1671

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Vulnerability Overview

The Activity Log for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the winter_activity_log_action() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to view potentially sensitive information (e.g., the password of a higher level user, such as an administrator) contained in the exposed log files.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1671 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5cec4c17-24c1-4ed3-a3d3-9404ad7af420

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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