# CVE-2023-2761: User Activity Log < 1.6.3 - Admin+ SQL Injection

> High-privilege users can exploit SQL injection in the User Activity Log plugin to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xwrq-g8w9-vh68

## What is CVE-2023-2761?

CVE-2023-2761 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown User Activity Log, published on 24 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2761?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solwininfotech User Activity Log.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2761?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2761 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2761 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2761 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown User Activity Log

- [CVE-2023-3435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3435/): User Activity Log < 1.6.5 - Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-37966](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37966/): WordPress User Activity Log Plugin <= 1.6.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2023-5133](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5133/): User Activity Log Pro < 2.3.4 - IP Spoofing (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-4279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4279/): User Activity Log < 1.6.7 - IP Spoofing (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-5167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5167/): User Activity Log Pro < 2.3.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Agent (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2761 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2761 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown User Activity Log, published on 24 Jul 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2761 exists.

Affected product: Unknown User Activity Log. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2761/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2761/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2761
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2761
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2761

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2761/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.