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CVE-2024-10542

Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.43.2 - Authorization Bypass via Reverse DNS Spoofing to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Published: Nov 26, 2024Updated: Jul 12, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-862
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
15.2%
Top 3.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Nuclei · OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Spam protectionOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
AntiSpamLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
FireWallOn-premNetwork Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
cleantalk
commercialaka antispam, firewall, anti-spam, login security, malware removal by cleantalk, spam protection
anti-spamOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalkOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.43.2/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/RemoteCalls.php#L41&#13;
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3179819/cleantalk-spam-protect#file631&#13;
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/spam-protection-anti-spam-firewall-by-cleantalk-6432-authorization-bypass-via-reverse-dns-spoofing-to-unauthenticated-arbitrary-plugin-installation
wordfence.com
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