Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.10 - Missing Authorization

2023-06-22 00:00

Rafshanzani Suhada

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 6.11

Affected PluginCleanTalk Anti-Spam. Spam Firewall & Bot protection

Affected Version<= 6.10

CVSS6.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-33996

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Vulnerability Overview

The Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions along with nonce disclosure in versions up to, and including, 6.10. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify/export/import templates and trash/spam/modify comments among some other actions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 6.11, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33996 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/89dab433-91e9-4500-ab40-f4b500e66983

CVSS Vector

6.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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