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CVE-2024-0868: coreactivity vulnerability
CVE-2024-0868: medium vulnerability affecting coreactivity. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 38.8%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- coreactivity
What is known
The coreActivity: Activity Logging plugin for WordPress plugin before 2.1 retrieved IP addresses of requests via headers such X-FORWARDED to log them, allowing users to spoof them by providing an arbitrary value
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-0868, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) affecting coreactivity, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether coreactivity is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.