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GHSA-M52X-Q4C4-72QW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-26 06:31 – Updated: 2024-11-26 06:31

Details

The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an missing empty value check on the 'api_key' value in the 'perform' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.44. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.

Severity

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-10781 (GCVE-0-2024-10781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-26 05:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:02

Title

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.44 - Authorization Bypass due to Missing Empty Value Check to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Summary

Severity

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-11-26 15:52 UTC

CWE

CWE-703 - Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleant…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleant…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
cleantalk	Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk	Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.44 (semver)
cleantalk	antispam	Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.44 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:cleantalk:antispam::::::wordpress::*

Credits

István Márton

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