CVE-2022-3302: cleantalk spam_protection\,_antispam\,_firewall SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-3302 is a high (CVSS 7.2) SQL Injection vulnerability in cleantalk spam_protection\,_antispam\,_firewall. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.185.1.

Timeline

1. 25-10-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 09-05-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 5.185.1 does not validate ids before using them in a SQL statement, which could lead to SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.