CVE-2022-4550 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2023-02-27

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

User Activity

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:user_activity_project:user_activity:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51885	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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00232.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a1179959-2044-479f-a5ca-3c9ffc46d00e

History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

User Activity Project User Activity

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-27T15:24:36.587Z

Updated: 2025-03-18T15:06:30.112Z

Reserved: 2022-12-16T09:07:54.244Z

Link: CVE-2022-4550

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:41:45.692Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T16:15:11.117

Modified: 2025-03-18T15:15:42.087

Link: CVE-2022-4550

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-290

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