CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-36698
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-10-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user interaction in versions up to, and including, 2.50. This is due to missing capability checks on several AJAX actions and nonce disclosure in the source page of the administrative dashboard. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to call functions and delete and/or upload files.
Affected configurations
• cleantalk security \& malware scan (< 2.51)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-security-malware-scan-by-cleantalk-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/23960f42-dfc1-4951-9169-02d889283f01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0fb9b039-eb04-4c27-89eb-1932c9c31962?source=cve Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-security-malware-scan-by-cleantalk-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/23960f42-dfc1-4951-9169-02d889283f01 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0fb9b039-eb04-4c27-89eb-1932c9c31962?source=cve Third Party Advisory