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TI-2024-09993 Aliases CVE-2024-10781GHSA-m52x-q4c4-72qw

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.44 - Authorization Bypass due to…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-703Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.03713 89th 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
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
cleantalkSpam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalkup to 6.44—No fix listedCNA
  • Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk Vendorcleantalk Affected up to 6.44 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cleantalk:spam_protection\,_antispam\,_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 6.45Vulnerablecleantalk
  • cpe:2.3:a:cleantalk:spam_protection\,_antispam\,_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 6.45 Vulnerable ·cleantalk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10781
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m52x-q4c4-72qw

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2022-03051 Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 5.185.1 - Admin+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2021-06587 Time-based Blind SQL Injection in Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk < 5.153.4 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-28187 Cross-site request forgery in СleanTalk - Anti-Spam Protection Spam protection… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-13060 The CleanTalk cleantalk-spam-protect plugin before 5.127.4 for WordPress is affected by… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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