What is CVE-2024-10781?

CVE-2024-10781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cleantalk Spam Protection\, Antispam\, Firewall, classified under CWE-703. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-10781?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-10781 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Cleantalk Spam Protection\, Antispam\, Firewall

CVE-2024-10781

The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an missing empty value check on the 'api_key' value in the 'perform' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.44. 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: 0.037 (89.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-703

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Product)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-10781?: CVE-2024-10781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cleantalk Spam Protection\, Antispam\, Firewall, classified under CWE-703. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-10781?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-10781 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.