The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post.
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Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:45:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 |
Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:45:00 +0000
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| Description | The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post. | |
| Title | Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 6.79 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Comment Shortcode Bypass | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-10T06:00:11.562Z
Reserved: 2026-05-07T09:10:25.699Z
Link: CVE-2026-8071
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-06-10T07:16:25.373
Modified: 2026-06-10T07:16:25.373
Link: CVE-2026-8071
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Updated: 2026-06-10T07:30:25Z
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