Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-5239 - Unspecified vulnerability in Cleantalk Security & Malware Scan

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
cleantalk

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Cleantalk
224