CVE-2024-10781

HIGH EPSS 88.7%
Published Nov 26, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Nov 26, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity High
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
88.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-703

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
cleantalkspam_protection\,_antispam\,_firewall* <6.45

References 4

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.44/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/RemoteCalls.php#L95
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.44/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/RemoteCalls.php#L96
    Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3188546/cleantalk-spam-protect#file653
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79ae062c-b084-4045-9407-2d94919993af?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation