CVE-2023-2761: user activity log vulnerability

The User Activity Log WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not properly sanitise and escape the `txtsearch` parameter before using it in a SQL statement in some admin pages, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.
CVE-2023-2761CVSS 7.2CMS

CVE-2023-2761: user activity log vulnerability

The User Activity Log WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not properly sanitise and escape the `txtsearch` parameter before using it in a SQL statement in some admin pages, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

CVSS
7.2 HIGH
EPSS
49.96%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
user activity log

What is known

The User Activity Log WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not properly sanitise and escape the `txtsearch` parameter before using it in a SQL statement in some admin pages, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

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