Vulnerability in User Activity Project

CVE-2022-4550

The User Activity WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 checks headers such as the X-Forwarded-For to retrieve the IP address of the request, which could lead to IP spoofing

EPSS: 0.007 (47.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4550?
CVE-2022-4550 is a high-severity vulnerability in User Activity Project, classified under Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-4550?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4550 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.