CVE-2019-17515

Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 5.127.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The CleanTalk cleantalk-spam-protect plugin before 5.127.4 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter. The component is: inc/cleantalk-users.php and inc/cleantalk-comments.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.

El plugin CleanTalk cleantalk-spam-protect versiones anteriores a la versión 5.127.4 para WordPress, está afectado por: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). El impacto es: permite a un atacante ejecutar código arbitrario HTML y JavaScript por medio del parámetro from o till. El componente es: los archivos inc/cleantalk-users.php y inc/cleantalk-comments.php. El vector de ataque es: cuando el administrador inicia sesión, un ataque de tipo XSS reflejado puede ser ejecutado tras un clic en una URL maliciosa.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-10-12 CVE Reserved
2019-11-12 CVE Published
2023-09-17 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://wordpress.org/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/#developers	Product
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9949	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2172333	2019-11-18

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cleantalk Search vendor "Cleantalk"		Spam Protection\, Antispam\, Firewall Search vendor "Cleantalk" for product "Spam Protection\, Antispam\, Firewall"				< 5.127.4 Search vendor "Cleantalk" for product "Spam Protection\, Antispam\, Firewall" and version " < 5.127.4"		wordpress		Affected