What is CVE-2024-13365?

CVE-2024-13365 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cleantalk Login Security, Firewall, Malware Removal By, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-13365?

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

Is CVE-2024-13365 known to be exploited?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Cleantalk Login Security, Firewall, Malware Removal By

CVE-2024-13365

The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to the plugin uploading and extracting .zip archives when scanning them for malware through the checkUploadedArchive() function in a…

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.015 (71.2th 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 Login Security, Firewall, Malware Removal By — versions 0
Cleantalk Security_\&_malware_scan

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13365?: CVE-2024-13365 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cleantalk Login Security, Firewall, Malware Removal By, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-13365?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-13365 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.