The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team recently reported two separate reflected XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerabilities in Spam Protection Software, AntiSpam, and Firewall by CleanTalk. CleanTalk, a popular WordPress plugin with over 100,000 installs, is designed to protect websites from spam comments and registrations. A hacker could take over a site if an attack were successful by convincing a site admin to perform an action, such as clicking on a malicious link. The hacker can use JavaScript running in their browser to take over a site. The glitch is feared to affect 1000s of merchant websites. The company has requested its customers to update to their latest version as soon as possible to tackle this snag. A patched version 5.174.1 is available to customers from March 25, 2022.
Two Separate Vulnerabilities Identified in WordPress Plugin CleanTalk
March 31, 2022 | | Updated: September 27, 2022

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