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CVE-2020-36716
WP Activity Log <= 4.0.1 - Missing Authorization
High7.3EPSS 0.83%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 4.0.2
References (3)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d0a8be3-6630-4cf7-b6cb-cdc86b99acb3?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-wp-security-audit-log-plugin/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2252006 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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