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 all versions up to, and including, 2.149. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2025-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

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

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9fa30fa2-6c42-4e5f-a0b5-8711c… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3229205/security-malware-firewall (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.