7.2

CVE-2025-13604: cleantalk login security, firewall, malware removal by cleantalk Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighDeferred
Published 09-12-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-13604 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in cleantalk login security, firewall, malware removal by cleantalk. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.31%
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. 09-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the page URL in all versions up to, and including, 2.168 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.31% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.31%

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
  • security-malware-firewall≤ 2.168 (fixed in 2.169)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links