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CVE-2026-8071highCWE-79

Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 6.79 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Comment Shortcode Bypass

41Vexday Risk Score

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

ssvc Attendcvss 8.8epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 66% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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