The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an authorization bypass via reverse DNS (PTR record) spoofing on the 'checkWithoutToken' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.71. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. Note: This is only exploitable on sites with an invalid API key.
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| Description | The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an authorization bypass via reverse DNS (PTR record) spoofing on the 'checkWithoutToken' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.71. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. Note: This is only exploitable on sites with an invalid API key. | |
| Title | Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk <= 6.71 - Authorization Bypass via Reverse DNS (PTR record) Spoofing to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-350 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-17T21:21:47.731Z
Reserved: 2026-01-27T14:18:46.456Z
Link: CVE-2026-1490
Updated: 2026-02-17T21:21:44.719Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-02-15T04:15:53.783
Modified: 2026-02-18T17:52:22.253
Link: CVE-2026-1490
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