Privilege Escalation via Improper Option Handling in User Activity Log Plugin

Publication date: 2026-01-28

Last updated on: 2026-01-28

Assigner: WPScan

Description

The User Activity Log WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not properly handle failed login attempts in some cases, allowing unauthenticated users to set arbitrary options to 1 (for example to enable User Registration when it has been turned off)

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Meta Information

Published

2026-01-28

Last Modified

2026-01-28

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-01-29

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-13471

EUVD

EUVD-2025-206412

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wp_activity_log	wp_activity_log	to 2.2 (inc)

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Exploitability

CWE

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

The vulnerability in the User Activity Log WordPress plugin (up to version 2.2) allows unauthenticated users to improperly handle failed login attempts, enabling them to set arbitrary options to 1. For example, they could enable User Registration even if it was previously turned off.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can impact you by allowing unauthorized users to change plugin settings, such as enabling User Registration without permission. This could lead to unauthorized account creation or other unintended behaviors on your WordPress site.

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