CVE-2018-8729
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Activity Log plugin before 2.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML via a title that is not escaped.
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Activity Log plugin before 2.4.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML via a title that is not escaped.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.33% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · first 5 April 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- pojo/activity log
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 6.9% on 21 September 2026 to 5.3% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://github.com/pojome/activity-log/commit/950c46b2290c991187ff3471640e9688b16908fbPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pojome/activity-log/commit/e7bcd12fcb0add82bed762a971f427a360664bd9Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1836276Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/aryo-activity-log/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44437/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/pojome/activity-log/commit/950c46b2290c991187ff3471640e9688b16908fbPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pojome/activity-log/commit/e7bcd12fcb0add82bed762a971f427a360664bd9Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1836276Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/aryo-activity-log/#developersRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44437/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.