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Jun 07, 2024

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2021-24295

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2021-24295
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: May 17, 2021
Research Description: It was possible to exploit an Unauthenticated Time-Based Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress Plugin before 5.153.4. The update_log function in lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/Firewall/SFW.php included a vulnerable query that could be injected via the User-Agent Header by manipulating the cookies set by the Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 5.153.4, sending an initial request to obtain a ct_sfw_pass_key cookie and then manually setting a separate ct_sfw_passed cookie and disallowing it from being reset.
Affected versions: max 5.153.4.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2021-24131

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2021-24131
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Mar 18, 2021
Research Description: Unvalidated input in the Anti-Spam by CleanTalk WordPress plugin, versions before 5.149, lead to multiple authenticated SQL injection vulnerabilities, however, it requires high privilege user (admin+).
Affected versions: max 5.149.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2019-17515

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2019-17515
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Nov 14, 2019
Research Description: The CleanTalk cleantalk-spam-protect plugin before 5.127.4 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter. The component is: inc/cleantalk-users.php and inc/cleantalk-comments.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.
Affected versions: max 5.127.4.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2022-28222

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-28222
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Apr 20, 2022
Research Description: The CleanTalk AntiSpam plugin <= 5.173 for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the $_REQUEST['page'] parameter in`/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/FindSpam/ListTable/Users.php`
Affected versions: max 5.174.1.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2022-28221

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-28221
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Apr 20, 2022
Research Description: The CleanTalk AntiSpam plugin <= 5.173 for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the $_REQUEST['page'] parameter in`/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/FindSpam/ListTable/Comments.php`
Affected versions: max 5.174.1.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2022-3302

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-3302
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Oct 25, 2022
Research Description: The Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 5.185.1 does not validate ids before using them in a SQL statement, which could lead to SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin
Affected versions: max 5.185.1.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2023-51696

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-51696
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Feb 29, 2024
Research Description: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in СleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk.This issue affects Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from n/a through 6.20.
Affected versions: max 6.21.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2023-51535

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-51535
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Jan 05, 2024
Research Description: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in СleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk.This issue affects Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from n/a through 6.20.
Affected versions: max 6.21.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 10, 2024

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2023-33996

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-33996
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Dec 13, 2024
Research Description: Missing Authorization vulnerability in СleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from n/a through 6.10.
Affected versions: max 6.11.
Status: vulnerable

Aug 02, 2024

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # PSC-2024-64521

PSC, Research URL: PSC-2024-64521
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Apr 10, 2025
Research Description: Spam Protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall by CleanTalk is a top-rated solution designed to safeguard your WordPress site from spam without the need for CAPTCHAs, questions, puzzles, or any other intrusive methods. This universal anti-spam plugin offers a seamless and effective way to stop spam across comments, registrations, contact emails, orders, bookings, subscriptions, surveys, and more. CleanTalk’s cloud-based service ensures real-time email validation and comprehensive spam protection, enhancing the overall quality and performance of your website while being compatible with GDPR regulations.
Affected versions: Min 6.86, max 6.86.
Status: SAFE & CERTIFIED

Nov 26, 2024

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2024-10542

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-10542
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Nov 26, 2024
Research Description: The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an authorization bypass via reverse DNS spoofing on the checkWithoutToken function in all versions up to, and including, 6.43.2. 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.
Affected versions: max 6.44.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2024-10781

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-10781
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Nov 26, 2024
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: max 6.45.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 13, 2026

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2026-1490

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-1490
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Feb 15, 2026
Research Description: The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an authorization bypass via reverse DNS (PTR record) spoofing on the 'checkWithoutToken' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.71. 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. Note: This is only exploitable on sites with an invalid API key.
Affected versions: max 6.72.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 11, 2026

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2026-8071

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-8071
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Jun 10, 2026
Research Description: The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post.
Affected versions: max 6.79.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 16, 2026

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # f01f8accef07398569b50193551a58fc2ef8f6ae

CVE, Research URL: f01f8accef07398569b50193551a58fc2ef8f6ae
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Aug 25, 2015
Research Description: CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection [cleantalk-spam-protect] < 5.22 Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk < 5.22 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting The Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in versions before 5.22 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: max 5.22.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # b0171cd0006b761da43ebc5cfdb81aff7260358e

CVE, Research URL: b0171cd0006b761da43ebc5cfdb81aff7260358e
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Aug 25, 2015
Research Description: CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection [cleantalk-spam-protect] < 5.22 WordPress Spam Protection Plugin <= 5.21 - Cross Site Scripting Because of this vulnerability, the attackers can inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code. Update the plugin.
Affected versions: max 5.22.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # e98e54f7684b9d0278bffcf60f53299cf3a4f176

CVE, Research URL: e98e54f7684b9d0278bffcf60f53299cf3a4f176
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Nov 20, 2020
Research Description: CleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection [cleantalk-spam-protect] < 5.149 WordPress Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin <= 5.148 - Multiple Authenticated SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerabilities Multiple Authenticated SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerabilities found by Nguyen Anh Tien in WordPress Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin (versions <= 5.148).
Affected versions: max 5.149.
Status: vulnerable

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # 982c7cef-eb17-49c4-9a92-87a5d0aca29b

CVE, Research URL: 982c7cef-eb17-49c4-9a92-87a5d0aca29b
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: -
Research Description: Anti-Spam by CleanTalk – Spam Protection Without CAPTCHA [cleantalk-spam-protect] < 5.22 Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 5.22 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) The Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress plugin was affected by an Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) security vulnerability.
Affected versions: max 5.22.
Status: vulnerable

Jul 30, 2026

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2026-65437

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-65437
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Jul 28, 2026
Research Description: Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.82 versions.
Affected versions: max 6.83.
Status: vulnerable

Sep 06, 2026

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2026-77830

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-77830
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Sep 05, 2026
Research Description: The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
Affected versions: max 6.87.
Status: vulnerable

Sep 10, 2026

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2026-19855

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-19855
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Sep 09, 2026
Research Description: The CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 6.87 does not prevent unauthenticated, user-supplied comment content from being passed to WordPress's shortcode engine, allowing any visitor to have arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site executed server-side and rendered to every subsequent visitor of the page.
Affected versions: max 6.87.
Status: vulnerable

Oct 10, 2026

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk # CVE-2026-103424

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-103424
Home page URL: Security reports for Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Application: Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Date: Oct 10, 2026
Research Description: The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk – Spam Protection Without CAPTCHA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.88 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. This vulnerability is exploitable once a comment from the attacker's email address has been approved; on default WordPress installations, only the first comment from a given email address is held for moderation, meaning subsequent comments auto-approve and immediately expose the payload to site visitors.
Affected versions: max 6.89.
Status: vulnerable