---
id: CVE-2026-120075
title: WP Activity Log <= 5.6.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
summary: >-
  The WP Activity Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.1 due to insufficient
  input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for
  unauthenticated atta…
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: melapress
product: WP Activity Log
affected:
  - wp_activity_log <= 5.6.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-01T17:34:07.354690Z'
published: '2026-10-31'
updated: '2026-11-01'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-01T17:34:18.950Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120075'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c201b563-1195-45b8-adf9-c8aeccb8ce0e?source=cve
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3496481%40wp-security-audit-log&new=3496481%40wp-security-audit-log
  - url: 'https://research.cleantalk.org/CVE-2026-120075'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00229
epssPercentile: 0.13773
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T18:28:50.811Z'
---

## Overview

The WP Activity Log plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

## Affected

- `wp_activity_log <= 5.6.1`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.