CVE-2024-0852 coreActivity < 1.8.1 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into the admin dashboard via unescaped request data, potentially compromising high-privilege user accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0852?
CVE-2024-0852 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown coreActivity: Activity Logging for WordPress, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The coreActivity: Activity Logging for WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not escape some request data when outputting it back in the admin dashboard, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored XSS attack against high privilege users such as admin
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Dev4press Coreactivity.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-0852 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0852 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown coreActivity: Activity Logging for WordPress
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gx24-fg4m-2f7m.