cleantalk Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk Plugin up to 2.149 on WordPress checkUploadedArchive unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in cleantalk Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk Plugin up to 2.149 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function checkUploadedArchive. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13365. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in cleantalk Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk Plugin up to 2.149 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is the function checkUploadedArchive. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released by Lucio Sá. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13365 since 01/13/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/12/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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• Anti-Malware Software

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• cleantalk

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• Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk Plugin

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• 2.149

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