CVE-2018-8729

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Published Mar 15, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 5.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Activity Log plugin before 2.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML via a title that is not escaped.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pojo:activity_log:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 5.3% (5.330% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pojome/activity-log/commit/950c46b2290c991187ff3471640e9688b16908fb
https://github.com/pojome/activity-log/commit/e7bcd12fcb0add82bed762a971f427a360664bd9
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1836276
https://wordpress.org/plugins/aryo-activity-log/#developers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44437/

History

Nov 14, 2024 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Pojo Activity Log

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Nov 14, 2024, 8:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 15, 2018, 5:00 PM
Updated: Nov 14, 2024, 8:48 PM
Reserved: Mar 15, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:02 AM

Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 7:02 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:05 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 15, 2018, 5:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:05 AM

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