CleanTalk Spam protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall Plugin up to 6.44 on WordPress Plugin Installation authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in CleanTalk Spam protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall Plugin up to 6.44 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the component Plugin Installation Handler. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-10781. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in CleanTalk Spam protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall Plugin up to 6.44 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Plugin Installation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-10781 since 11/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/12/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Anti-Spam Software

Vendor

• CleanTalk

Name

• Spam protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall Plugin

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 6.14
• 6.15
• 6.16
• 6.17
• 6.18
• 6.19
• 6.20
• 6.21
• 6.22
• 6.23
• 6.24
• 6.25
• 6.26
• 6.27
• 6.28
• 6.29
• 6.30
• 6.31
• 6.32
• 6.33
• 6.34
• 6.35
• 6.36
• 6.37
• 6.38
• 6.39
• 6.40
• 6.41
• 6.42
• 6.43
• 6.44

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