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CVE-2024-13365: Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk <= 2.149 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to the plugin uploading and extracting .zip archives when scanning them for malware through the checkUploadedArchive() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.149. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• cleantalk Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk: before 2.150 — fixed in 2.150

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cleantalk Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk 2.150. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3229205/security-malware-firewall#file527
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9fa30fa2-6c42-4e5f-a0b5-8711ce5d8121?source=cve

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