CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-5239
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Description
The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 2.121 retrieves client IP addresses from potentially untrusted headers, allowing an attacker to manipulate its value. This may be used to bypass bruteforce protection.
Affected configurations
• cleantalk security \& malware scan (<= 2.121)
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d748f91-773b-49d6-8f68-a27d397713c3 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d748f91-773b-49d6-8f68-a27d397713c3 Exploit, Third Party Advisory