User Activity Log <= 2.2 — Unauthenticated Limited Options Update via Failed Login
CVE-2025-11877Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.2No patch available
What to do until a fix ships- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
User Activity Log user-activity-log
- Affected≤ 2.2
- PatchedNo fix yet
No patched version available.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.2. No fixed version has been released.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under User Activity Log.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch User Activity Log to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to shark3y.
The User Activity Log plugin is vulnerable to a limited options update in versions up to, and including, 2.2. The failed-login handler 'ual_shook_wp_login_failed' lacks a capability check and writes failed usernames directly into update_option() calls. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to push select site options from 0 to a non-zero value, allowing them to reopen registration or corrupt options like 'wp_user_roles', breaking wp-admin access. CVE-2025-13471 appears to be a duplicate of this CVE.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 11| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Limited Arbitrary Option Update ≤2.2No patch available | CVE-2025-13471 | |
| Critical9.1 | Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection ≤1.9Update to 2.0 | CVE-2024-31356 | |
| Medium5.3 | IP Address Spoofing ≤1.6.6Update to 1.6.7 | CVE-2023-4279 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated Data Export to Sensitive Information Disclosure ≤1.6.5Update to 1.6.6 | CVE-2023-4269 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤1.6.4Update to 1.6.5 | CVE-2023-3435 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Limited Arbitrary Option Update
≤2.2No patch available
- Critical9.1Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
≤1.9Update to 2.0
- Medium5.3IP Address Spoofing
≤1.6.6Update to 1.6.7
- High7.5Unauthenticated Data Export to Sensitive Information Disclosure
≤1.6.5Update to 1.6.6
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤1.6.4Update to 1.6.5
Same weakness (Missing Authorization)
All Missing Authorization| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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