# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gx24-fg4m-2f7m

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0852?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2024-0868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0868/): coreActivity < 2.1 - Unauthenticated IP Spoofing (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0852 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0852 exists.

Affected product: Unknown coreActivity: Activity Logging for WordPress. 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-2024-0852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0852/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0852

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0852/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.