CVE-2026-103424
Description
The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk – Spam Protection Without CAPTCHA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.88 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability is exploitable once a comment from the attacker's email address has been approved; on default WordPress installations, only the first comment from a given email address is held for moderation, meaning subsequent comments auto-approve and immediately expose the payload to site visitors.
Affected WordPress components
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Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk Plugin · cleantalk-spam-protectUp to and including 6.88View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- cleantalk Anti-Spam by CleanTalk – Spam Protection Without CAPTCHA — Up to and including 6.88
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.88/cleantalk.php#L248
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.88/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php#L97
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.88/lib/Cleantalk/Common/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php#L273
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.88/lib/Cleantalk/Common/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php#L831
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.88/lib/Cleantalk/Common/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php#L841
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c3a80bcd-170b-469b-b090-8f806f87b8d7?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record