CVE-2024-10542criticalCWE-862

CVE-2024-10542: critical vulnerability in cleantalk Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam…

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

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53Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 9.8epss 15%
from disclosure to weaponsame day
Published on NVDNov 26
1st PoCNov 26
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
cleantalk · Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
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