VDB
CVE-2024-10542
CVE-2024-10542
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 40.96% · 97.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
40.96%
97.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| cleantalk | anti-spam | 0, 0, 0 |
| cleantalk | Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk | * |
| cleantalk | antispam | 0, 0 |
| cleantalk | Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk | 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 26, 2024 CVE Published
- Nov 26, 2024 PoC Published
- Nov 26, 2024 PoC Published
- Nov 26, 2024 PoC Published
- Nov 26, 2024 PoC Published
- Nov 27, 2024 EPSS Score
- Nov 27, 2024 PoC Published
- Nov 27, 2024 PoC Published
- Nov 27, 2024 PoC Published
- Dec 2, 2024 Coalition ESS Score
- Dec 21, 2024 Coalition ESS Score
- Jan 1, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7eb5fad-bb62-4f0b-ad52-b16c3e442b62?source=cve url
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.43.2/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/RemoteCalls.php#L41 url
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3179819/cleantalk-spam-protect#file631 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10542 advisory