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TI-2025-12428 Aliases CVE-2025-13604GHSA-3q2j-29qj-crmr

Cross-site scripting in cleantalk Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk

Priority LOW 37CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
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 Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the page URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.168 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00308 23rd 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
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
cleantalkLogin Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalkup to 2.168—No fix listedCNA
  • Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk Vendorcleantalk Affected up to 2.168 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13604
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3q2j-29qj-crmr

References

Other 2

  • TI-2022-03051 Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 5.185.1 - Admin+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2024-09765 Missing authorization in cleantalk Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-12407 Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk <= 2.149 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-01186 Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk <= 6.71 - Authorization Bypass via… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-47264 WordPress Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin <= 2.184 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2024-09993 Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.44 - Authorization Bypass due to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
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Sources

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