๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2024-13365

CRITICAL 9.8

Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk <= 2.149 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-434
Vendor cleantalk
Product login security, firewall, malware removal by cleantalk
Published Feb 12, 2025
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

cleantalk / Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk
0 โ‰ค 2.149

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9fa30fa2-6c42-4e5f-a0b5-8711ce5d8121?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3229205/security-malware-firewall#file527

Credits

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