TI-2022-11007 Aliases CVE-2022-28221 GHSA-vrxh-fr4w-j852

CleanTalk AntiSpam <= 5.173 Reflected XSS

LOW 32CWE-79Published 2022-04-19 · Updated 2025-02-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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`

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.02396 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
cleantalk	CleanTalk AntiSpam	5.173 – 5.173	—	No fix listed	CNA

CleanTalk AntiSpam Vendorcleantalk Affected 5.173 – 5.173 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cleantalk:antispam::::::wordpress::*	up to 5.173	Vulnerable	cleantalk

cpe:2.3:a:cleantalk:antispam:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 5.173 Vulnerable ·cleantalk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-28221
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vrxh-fr4w-j852

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/03/reflected-xss-in-spam-protection-antispam-firewall-by-cleantalk/

TI-2022-11008 CleanTalk AntiSpam <= 5.173 Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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