WordPress Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall Plugin security update advisory

Overview
 

An update has been released to address vulnerabilities in WordPress Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall Plugin. Users of the affected versions are advised to update to the latest version.

 

Affected Products

 

CVE-2024-10781

  • Spam Protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall versions: ~ 6.44 (inclusive) (CleanTalk)

 

CVE-2024-10542

  • Spam Protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall versions: ~ 6.43.2 (inclusive) (CleanTalk)

 

 

Resolved Vulnerabilities

 

Missing validation of the ‘api_key’ value in the WordPress CleanTalk plugin, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins, leading to remote code execution (CVE-2024-10781)

Authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress CleanTalk plugin that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to install and activate arbitrary plugins (CVE-2024-10542)

 

Vulnerability Patches

 

Vulnerability patches have been made available in the latest update. Please follow the instructions on the Referenced Sites to update to the latest Vulnerability Patches version.

 

CVE-2024-10781

  • Spam Protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall version: 6.45 (CleanTalk)

 

CVE-2024-10542

  • Spam Protection, Anti-Spam, Firewall version: 6.44 (CleanTalk)

 

 

Referenced Sites

[1] CVE-2024-10781 Detail

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10781

[2] Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.44 – Authorization Bypass due to Missing Empty Value Check to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/spam-protection-anti-spam-firewall-by-cleantalk-644-authorization-bypass-due-to-missing-empty-value-check-to-unauthenticated-arbitrary-plugin-installation

[3] CVE-2024-10542 Detail

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10542

[4] Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.43.2 – Authorization Bypass via Reverse DNS Spoofing to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/spam-protection-anti-spam-firewall-by-cleantalk-6432-authorization-bypass-via-reverse-dns-spoofing-to-unauthenticated-arbitrary-plugin-installation