CVE-2023-3435 | User Activity Log < 1.6.5 - Unauthenticated SQLi

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The User Activity Log WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not correctly sanitise and escape several parameters before using it in a SQL statement as part of its exportation feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Published: 2023-08-14 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-3435 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.81%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-3435

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-3435

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.88% 0.81% -0.07%
2 2026-06-10 0.79% 0.88% +0.09%
3 2026-05-09 0.79%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-3435

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-3435

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-3435

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
solwininfotech user_activity_log < 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:solwininfotech:user_activity_log:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-3435

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