What is CVE-2024-10542?

CVE-2024-10542 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cleantalk Spam Protection, Honeypot, Anti-spam By, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-10542?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-10542 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Cleantalk Spam Protection, Honeypot, Anti-spam By

CVE-2024-10542

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 version…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.410 (97.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: 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 — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-10542?: CVE-2024-10542 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cleantalk Spam Protection, Honeypot, Anti-spam By, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-10542?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-10542 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.