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CVE-2019-17515: cleantalk spam_protection\,_antispam\,_firewall Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
Published 13-11-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-17515 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in cleantalk spam_protection\,_antispam\,_firewall. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.3% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 5.127.4.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.31%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The CleanTalk cleantalk-spam-protect plugin before 5.127.4 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: Allows an attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code via the from or till parameter. The component is: inc/cleantalk-users.php and inc/cleantalk-comments.php. The attack vector is: When the Administrator is logged in, a reflected XSS may execute upon a click on a malicious URL.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.31% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cleantalk1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • cleantalk-spam-protect≤ 5.127.3 (fixed in 5.127.4)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links